Heston JC.6
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The Heston JC.6 was a British prototype air observation post aircraft designed and built by the Heston Aircraft Company Limited, who had previously built the Heston Phoenix, the Heston T.1/37 and the Napier-Heston Racer. The JC.6 was also known as the Heston A.2/45 or the Heston AOP.
Development
The Heston JC.6 was designed and built to meet Air Ministry Specification A.2/45 for an "air observation post" (AOP) for the British Army. Heston Aircraft built two prototypes, the first, serial VL529, first flew in August 1947. The second, serial VL530, was not flown.
The JC.6 was an all-metal cantilever monoplane with twin booms and two vertical tail surfaces joined by a single horizontal tailplane. It was powered by a rear-mounted de Havilland Gipsy Queen six-cylinder aero engine fitted between the twin booms and driving a pusher propeller. The two-seat tandem cockpit was covered with a large glazed canopy. The JC.6 had a tricycle landing gear and the mainplane was fitted with slots and flaps to give Short takeoff and landing performance. Two further Heston JC.6s, serials VL531 and VL532, were not built.{{cite journal |last= Lewis, Peter |title= Air Pictorial |publisher= Seymour Press Ltd |location= UK |date= November 1972 |page= 441}}
A floatplane version was designed by Saunders-Roe as the Saro P.100, but was not built.
Specifications (JC.6)
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See also
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- Auster A.2/45
- Auster AOP9
- Consolidated-Vultee L-13[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1948/1948%20-%201879.html "Production for the CS. Air Force"] Flight 11 November 1948 p563
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Notes
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References
- {{cite book |last=Bridgman |first=Leonard |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1948 |year=1948 |location=London |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd. }}
- {{cite magazine |last= Lewis|first= Peter|title=Heston Aircraft |magazine= Air Pictorial |publisher= Seymour Press Ltd |location= UK |date= November 1972 |volume= 34|number=11|pages=440–445}}
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London }}
- [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1948/1948%20-%201424.html Flight 2 September 1948]
- [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1948/1948%20-%200334.html Flight 11 March 1948 Army's Crow's Nest]
External links
- [http://airwar.ru/enc/spy/jc6.html airwar.ru] (Russian)
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Category:1940s British military reconnaissance aircraft