Shapley Kittiwake

Kittiwake
Role Two-seat gull wing monoplane
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Shapley Aircraft Limited
Designer Errol Spencer Shapley
First flight 1937
Produced 1937-1938
Number built 2

The Shapley Kittiwake is a 1930s British two-seat gull wing monoplane designed and built by Errol Spencer Shapley at Torquay, Devon.

Development

The Kittiwake was a two-seat monoplane with a gull wing and a fixed landing gear.[1] The first aircraft, a Mark 1 registered G-AEZN[2], with an open cockpit was powered by a 50hp (37kW) Continental A50 piston engine and first flown at Roborough in 1937. The second aircraft, a Mark 2 registered G-AFRP[3], was a cabin monoplane powered by a 90hp (67kW) Pobjoy Niagara III engine and first flown at Roborough in 1938.

The Mark 1 aircraft was dismantled before the Second World War.[4] The Mark 2 was stored during the war only to crash on Dartmoor in December 1946.[4]

Specifications (Mark 2)

Data from [4]

General characteristics

Performance

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Shapley". Flight: p. 282. 1938-03-24. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1938/1938%20-%200796.html. 
  2. ^ UK Civil Aviation Authority Aircraft Register G-AEZN
  3. ^ UK Civil Aviation Authority Aircraft Register G-AFRP
  4. ^ a b c Jackson 1974, p. 296

Bibliography

  • Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10014 X. 
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