Hillson Pennine | |
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Role | Two-seat cabin monoplane |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | F Hills & Sons |
Designer | Norman Skykes |
First flight | 4 February 1937 |
Number built | 1 |
The Hillson Pennine was a 1930s United Kingdom two-seat cabin monoplane designed by Norman Sykes and built by F Hills & Sons of Trafford Park. [1]
The Pennine was a small high-wing braced monoplane powered by a 36 hp (27 kW) Praga B two-cylinder piston engine, [2] though originally designed for an 80 hp (60 kW) Aspin engine. [3] It was wooden-built and had fixed tailwheel landing gear. [2] The Pennine, designed to be simple, had an unconventional control system with a normal elevator and spoilers on the leading edge of the mainplane, but had a fixed rudder with just a trim tab and no ailerons. [4] Started in 1936 and completed in 1937 it was moved to Barton Aerodrome. [4] The Penine became airborne during a high-speed taxi test on 4 February 1937, the controls had not been adjusted and it took Sykes half-an-hour of circling to the left to get down safely. [4] The aircraft was not flown again, the company concentrating on a design for a trainer (the Hillson Helvellyn) and with space a premium for wartime work the Pennine was dismantled. [4] The registration G-AFBX was cancelled on 19 November 1945. [5]
Data from [2] British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3; [3] British Light Aeroplanes; dimensions and weights are estimates
General characteristics
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