# Luton Major

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 |name = L.A.5 Major
 |image = Luton Major-1010.jpg
 |caption = Luton LA.5 Major, 1939
 |type = Two-seat cabin monoplane
 |manufacturer = Homebuilt
 |designer = [C.H. Latimer-Needham](/source/C.H._Latimer-Needham)
 |first_flight = 12 March 1939
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The '''Luton L.A.5 Major''' was a 1930s [British](/source/United_Kingdom) two-seat high-wing cabin [monoplane](/source/monoplane). Following [World War II](/source/World_War_II), plans were made available to suit construction as a homebuilt aircraft.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Sport Aviation|date=September 1965|title=Major Revival|author=Aithur W. J. G. Ord-Hume}}</ref>

==History==
The original '''L.A.5 Major''' was a two-seat light aircraft powered by a 62&nbsp;hp Walter Mikron II engine. It was designed by [C.H. Latimer-Needham](/source/C.H._Latimer-Needham), and built in 1939 by [Luton Aircraft Limited](/source/Luton_Aircraft) at its Phoenix Works, [Gerrards Cross](/source/Gerrards_Cross), Buckinghamshire. The prototype (G-AFMU), designated L.A.5 Major, first flew on 12 March 1939. During 1943, the Phoenix Works burnt down, destroying the prototype, and causing the Luton Aircraft company to close.<ref name=jackson>Jackson 1974, p. 261</ref>

After World War II, Phoenix Aircraft Limited, formed by the designer C.H. Latimer-Needham and A.W.J.G. Ord-Hume, took over the design rights for the Luton Major. Latimer-Needham updated the design to make it more suitable for homebuilding, in which form it has become '''L.A.5A Major''', with plans marketed by [Falconar Avia](/source/Falconar_Avia) of [Edmonton, Alberta](/source/Edmonton%2C_Alberta), [Canada](/source/Canada) as the ''Cubmajor''. An open cockpit version is marketed as the ''Majorette''.<ref name=jackson/><ref>{{cite journal|journal=Air Trails|date=Winter 1971|page=76}}</ref><ref name="Aerocrafter">Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 154. BAI Communications. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}</ref>

==Variants==
;L.A.5 Major
:Prototype, one built.
;L.A.5A Major
:Updated homebuilt version, all homebuilt.
;Falconar Cubmajor
:Version marketed in kit and plans form by Falconar Avia<ref name="Aerocrafter" />
;Falconar Majorette
:Version with open cockpit marketed in kit and plans form by Falconar Avia<ref name="Aerocrafter" />

==Specifications (L.A.5)==
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|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59<ref name=JAWA58-59>{{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59 |editor1-last=Bridgman |editor1-first=Leonard |year=1957 |publisher=Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. |location=London |page=96}}</ref>
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|length ft=23
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|wing area sqft=163
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|airfoil=[RAF 48](/source/RAF_48)<ref name="Selig">{{cite web |last1=Lednicer |first1=David |title=The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage |url=https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html |website=m-selig.ae.illinois.edu |accessdate=16 April 2019}}</ref>
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|gross weight lb=1030
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=[Walter Mikron II](/source/Walter_Mikron_II)
|eng1 type=4-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line piston engine
|eng1 hp=62
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|range miles=300
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==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
{{commons category|Luton Major}}
*Jackson, A.J. (1974). ''British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3''. Putnam {{ISBN|0-370-10014-X}}

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Category:1930s British civil utility aircraft
Category:Homebuilt aircraft
Category:High-wing aircraft
Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft
Category:Aircraft first flown in 1939

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