# Dart Kitten

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The **Dart Kitten** was a British-built ultra-light aircraft of the 1930s.

## Design and development

The Dart Kitten was designed by A.R. Weyl in 1936 and built by [Dart Aircraft Ltd](/source/Dart_Aircraft) at [Dunstable](/source/Dunstable), [Bedfordshire](/source/Bedfordshire). It is an ultra-light single-seat low-wing aircraft with a fixed tailskid undercarriage. The four examples built were powered by a variety of engines of between 27 h.p. and 40 h.p.[1]

## Operational history

The Dart Kitten I *G-AERP* first flew in January 1937 and was sold to a private owner at [Tollerton airport](/source/Nottingham_Airport) near [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham). It was stored during the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War). It was re-engined with a 40 h.p. J.A.P. J-99 postwar and flew with a private owner at Broxbourne airfield Hertfordshire before crashing there in November 1952.

The Dart Kitten II *G-AEXT* received its authorisation to fly on 30 April 1937 and had a series of owners before being badly damaged in a crash at [Willingale, Essex](/source/Willingale,_Essex) in November 1964. It was subsequently rebuilt and in 2009 was airworthy with a private owner near [Aylesbury](/source/Aylesbury) [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire). As of 2023 it is based with the [Real Aeroplane Company](/source/Real_Aeroplane_Company) at [Breighton](/source/Breighton) near [Selby](/source/Selby) in [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire).[2]

The Dart Kitten III *G-AMJP* was built by Dart Aircraft in January 1952 and was flown by owners in Buckinghamshire, Wiltshire and Lincolnshire before being lost in a crash near [Kings Lynn](/source/Kings_Lynn) in June 1966.[3]

A fourth Kitten was home-built at [Port Moresby](/source/Port_Moresby) [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea) in 1960 and registered in Australia as *VH-WGL*.[4]

## Variants

**Kitten I**- 27 h.p. [Ava 4A](/source/Ava_4A)-00 flat four engine;
**Kitten II**- 36 h.p. [Aeronca-J.A.P. J-99](/source/Aeronca-J.A.P._J-99) engine, revised rear decking and simplified undercarriage;
**Kitten III**- as Kitten II but with wheel brakes.

## References

**Notes**

1. Green, 1965, p. 150

1. ["Breighton Airfield, Yorkshire, June 2023"](https://www.rodbearden.com/Breighton%202023-6/Index.htm#Dart%20Kitten%20II%20G-AEXT%201). *RodBearden.com*. Retrieved 19 August 2023.

1. Jackson, 1973, p. 395

1. Jackson, 1973, p. 298

**Bibliography**

- Green, William (1965). *The Aircraft of the World*. Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
- Jackson, A.J. (1973). *British Civil Aircraft since 1919 - Volume 2*. Putnam & Company Limited. ISBN 0-370-10010-7.
- Riley, Gordon (December 1985). "Preservation Project: Last Kitten flies!". *[FlyPast](/source/FlyPast)*. No. 53. p. 56. [ISSN 0262-6950](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0262-6950)

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