Avions Fairey Junior
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 Avions Fairey Junior, flying scale model built by Donald Granlund |
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| Type | Sports plane |
| Manufacturer | Avions Fairey |
| Designed by | Ernest Tips |
| Maiden flight | 30 June 1947 |
| Number built | 2 |
The Avions Fairey Junior, also known as the Tipsy Junior after its designer, Ernest Tips, was a single-seat light aircraft built in Belgium following World War II. It was a conventional, low-wing monoplane with tailwheel undercarriage and an enclosed cockpit. The aircraft did not sell, and the third airframe was cancelled whilst still under construction.
The first Junior was written off after a hard landing in 1948, but the second example (construction number J.111, registration OO-ULA) was bought by Avions Fairey's British parent company and taken to England the same year. In 1957, it was used in a publicity stunt when Fairey test pilot Peter Twiss landed it on the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. As of 2006, the aircraft was being restored to flying condition in the UK (as G-AMVP), having been rebuilt after a long time in storage following a hard landing in 1993. The third airframe, purchased incomplete by Fairey in 1961, has heen under construction in the hands of a number of owners in the intervening years but never actually finished.
[edit] Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: one pilot
- Length: 5.65 m (18 ft 6 in)
- Wingspan: 6.90 m (22 ft 8 in)
- Height: 1.48 m (4 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 10.5 m² (113 ft²)
- Empty weight: 130 kg (290 lb)
- Gross weight: 250 kg (550 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Walter Mikron II inverted inline engine, 46 kW (62 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 180 km/h (110 mph)
- Range: 690 km (430 miles)
- Service ceiling: 1,800 m (6,000 ft)
[edit] References
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 90.
- Simpson, R. W. (1995). Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 387.
- The Ultimate Tipsy Site
[edit] See also
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