Fane F.1/40
{{Short description|1940s British air observation post aircraft}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
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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[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1940/1940%20-%201478.html Flight]).
Design and development
In 1938, Nicholas Comper, the designer of the Comper Swift single-seat light aircraft, started work on the design of a two-seat light aircraft, intended for the recently announced Civil Air Guard, the Comper Scamp. The Scamp was a high wing monoplane with a pusher configuration, a tricycle undercarriage and with a single fin tail mounted on twin tail-booms, with a wingspan of {{convert|30|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} and a length of {{convert|18.9|ft|m|abbr=on}}. It was intended to be powered by a single {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Walter Mikron engine, but this engine was unavailable and instead a {{convert|40|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} 2-cylinder Praga engine was selected, and the aircraft redesigned as a single-seater, the Comper Fly, as a result of the reduction in power. A prototype Fly was built at the College of Aeronautical Engineering at Brooklands Aerodrome but was incomplete when Comper died on 18 July 1939. In June 1940, the Fly was taken to Heston Aircraft Company for completion and testing, but it failed to become airborne, and the type was abandoned by Heston.Meaden 2005, pp. 93–94, 96
Captain Gerald Fane, a long-time customer of Comper, then took over development of the Scamp/Fly, redesigning it as a larger, two-seat aircraft with the tail mounted on a single tailboom, powered by an {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Continental A80 flat-four engine and intended for the army co-operation role. The aircraft was initially called the Fane F.1, but was later known as the Fane F.1/40 after the Air Ministry specification F.1/40 for an army cooperation aircraft.Meaden 2005, pp. 94–95{{Cite web |url=http://nickcomper.co.uk/aircraft/the-scamp/ |title=Scamp nickcomper.co.uk |access-date=25 November 2009 |archive-date=19 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719165520/http://nickcomper.co.uk/aircraft/the-scamp/ |url-status=dead }} It was of pusher configuration with a high wing set behind the pilot. A single example serial number T1788 was first flown on 21 in March 1941 and tested by the Air Ministry at Heston Aerodrome.Meaden 2005, p. 94 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, but was scrapped sometime during the war.
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Notes
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{{cite web
|title=Registration G-AGDJ
|url=http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AGDJ.pdf
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|access-date=2009-11-25
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606164318/http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AGDJ.pdf
|archive-date=6 June 2011
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References
- {{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 }}
- {{cite magazine |last=Meaden |first=Jack |title=The Whole Truth: The Comper Lightplanes: Part Eight – The Comper Scamp and its Developments |magazine=Air-Britain Archive |date=Autumn 2005 |pages=93–96 |issn=0262-4923}}
External links
- {{cite magazine |title=New-Formula Training |magazine=Flight |date=28 July 1938 |pages=81–82 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1938/1938%20-%202143.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022170512/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1938/1938%20-%202143.html |archive-date=22 October 2012}} – Flight article on Scamp
- {{cite magazine |title=Letters: Who flew the Comper Sparrow? |magazine=Flight International |date=22 January 1977 |page=184 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977%20-%200196.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305152206/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977%20-%200196.html |archive-date=5 March 2016}} – Flight 22 January 1977 Letters p184
- [http://nickcomper.co.uk/aircraft/the-scamp/ The Nick Comper Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719165520/http://nickcomper.co.uk/aircraft/the-scamp/ |date=19 July 2009 }}
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