Dart Pup
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| name=Pup | image=Dart Pup photo Le Pontentiel Aérien Mondial 1936.jpg | caption= }} {{Infobox aircraft type | type=Single-seat ultralight monoplane | national origin=United Kingdom | manufacturer=Zander and Weyl | designer=A.R. Weyl | first flight=1936 | introduced= | retired= | status= | primary user= | number built=1 | developed from= | variants with their own articles= }} |
The Dart Pup (originally the Dunstable Dart) was a British single-seat ultralight monoplane designed and built by Zander and Weyl (later Dart Aircraft) at Dunstable, Bedfordshire.{{Harvnb |Orbis|1985 | p=1313}}
Development
The Pup was a single-seat parasol wing monoplane with an Ava flat-four pusher engine mounted on the wing trailing edge. The wings could be folded back for storage. The Pup registered G-AELR first flew in July 1936.{{cite web|title=Registration G-AELR |url=http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AELR.pdf |publisher=United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority |access-date=2009-08-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606161328/http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AELR.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-06 }}
In 1937 the Pup was fitted with a 36 hp (27 kW) Bristol Cherub engine, a taller landing gear and a modified rudder. In August 1938 it crashed and was destroyed on takeoff.{{Harvnb |Jackson|1973 | p=298}}
Specifications (Ava-powered)
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|prime units? = imp
|crew=1
|length m=6.01
|length ft=19
|length in=8.5
|span m=9.03
|span ft=29
|span in=7.5
|wing area sqm=10.59
|wing area sqft=114
|empty weight kg=220
|empty weight lb=485
|gross weight kg=320
|gross weight lb=705
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Ava 4A-00 flat-four piston engine
|eng1 kw=20
|eng1 hp=27
|max speed kmh=121
|max speed mph=75
|cruise speed kmh=100
|cruise speed mph=62
}}
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References
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=Bibliography=
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- {{cite book |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|publisher= Orbis Publishing |ref={{harvid|Orbis|1985}}}}
- {{cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2|year= 1973|publisher= Putnam|location= London|pages=382|isbn=0-370-10010-7 }}
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{{Dart aircraft}}
Category:1930s British sport aircraft
Category:Parasol-wing aircraft