Elliotts Primary EoN

Primary EoN
Role	Training glider
Manufacturer	Elliotts of Newbury
First flight	February 1948
Number built	80

The Elliots Primary EoN or EoN Type 7 S.G.38 Primary was a training glider developed in the UK shortly after World War II. It was an absolutely minimalist aircraft, consisting of a high, strut-braced wing connected to a conventional empennage by an open-truss framework, and was a copy of the German SG 38 Schulgleiter. Marketed to aeroclubs, the Primary EoN was also adopted in 1948 by the Air Training Corps and by the Combined Cadet Force under the name Eton.

Operators

 United Kingdom

• Royal Air Force
  • Air Training Corps
• Combined Cadet Force

Specifications

Data from Janes's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66 ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: One pilot
• Length: 20 ft 6 in (6.24 m)
• Wingspan: 34 ft 0 in (10.36 m)
• Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
• Wing area: 180 ft² (16.7 m²)
• Aspect ratio: 6
• Empty weight: 250 lb (114 kg)
• Gross weight: 490 lb (223 kg) each each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 73 mph (117 km/h)
• Stall speed: 27^[2] mph (43.5 km/h)
• Maximum glide ratio: 8^[2]

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

• Detroit G1 Gull
• Jongblood Primary
• Schweizer SGP 1-1
• Slingsby Grasshopper
• Stamer Lippisch SG-38 Zögling
  

References

• Ellison, Norman (1971). British Gliders and Sailplanes. London: A & C Black Ltd. ISBN 0 7136 1189 8 5. 
• Hardy, Michael (1982). Gliders and Sailplanes of the World. Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 35. 
• Taylor, John W. R. (1965). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66. London: Samson Low, Marston. 
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 349. 

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