| F.1/40 | |
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| Role | air observation post |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | Fane Aircraft Company |
| Designer | Gerard Fane |
| First flight | 1941 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Fane F.1/40 was a 1940s British Air Observation Post aircraft design by Captain Gerald Fane's Fane Aircraft Company (formerly C F Aircraft Ltd[1])
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It was designed to Air Ministry specification F.1/40 for an airborne observation post. It was developed by Gerard Fane based on the Comper Scamp.[2] The Scamp had been designed by Nicholas Comper as a two seater but he had not built it but redesigned it as a single seater, the Comper Fly. Fane took the Scamp design and reworked it as the F.1.[3]It was of pusher configuration with a high wing set behind the pilot. A single example serial number T1788 was flown and tested by the Air Ministry at Heston Aerodrome in March 1941.[2] It was in competition with the General Aircraft GAL.47 but neither were selected for service use. In September 1941 the F.1/40 was registered G-AGDJ to the builders[4], but was scrapped sometime during the war.[2]
Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2[2]
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