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motorcycle engine above the high wing on a steel tube pylon. It flew as a single-seater, and was known as the
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473:"British Civil Aircraft: Machines for Private and Commercial Use"
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
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324:2-bladed fixed-pitch pusher propeller
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378:0.059 hp/lb (0.097 kW/kg)
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488:Wrecks & Relics, 20th Edition
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545:Single-engined tractor aircraft
363:380 ft/min (1.9 m/s)
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555:Aircraft first flown in 1932
540:1930s British sport aircraft
251:Specifications (Super Drone)
127:During the early 1930s, the
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208:Col. the Master of Sempill
308:640 lb (290 kg)
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175:were acquired in 1935 at
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443:"An Ultra-Light Record"
263:General characteristics
241:Gliding Heritage Centre
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457:Ellis (2006), p.210.
193:Kronfeld Super Drone
486:Ellis, Ken (2006).
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58:Ultralight aircraft
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256:Data from
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