Spartan Clipper

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use British English|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox aircraft |name=Clipper |image=SClipper.jpg |caption= |type=Civil touring aeroplane |manufacturer=Spartan Aircraft Limited |designer=H.E. Broadsmith |first_flight=14 December 1932 |introduction= |retired=Destroyed 4 May 1942 |status= |primary_user=Spartan Aircraft Limited |more_users= |produced=1932 |number_built=1 |unit cost= |variants= }}

The '''Spartan Clipper''' was a British light touring aeroplane of the 1930s. It was a single-engine, two-seat, low-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage.

==Development== H.E. Broadsmith designed the Clipper as a two-seater; he employed the outer wings of the Monospar ST-4. Spartan Aircraft Limited built one example at their East Cowes works in 1932. The aeroplane was initially fitted with a 75-hp Pobjoy R motor. Registered ''G-ACEG'' it flew for the first time on 14 December 1932. After modification to undercarriage, cabin glazing and cowling, it received a Certificate of Airworthiness on 29 June 1933.<ref name=London/>

In 1933 the Clipper was raced in the King's Cup Race.<ref name=London/>

In 1938, it was re-engined with a Pobjoy Niagara III of 90-hp, after which it was used as a company hack until 4 May 1942, when it was destroyed in an air raid on Cowes.<ref name=London/>

==Specifications== {{Aircraft specs |ref=British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3,<ref name=BCA>{{cite book |title=British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3 |last=Jackson |first=A.J. |year=1974 |publisher=Putnam}}</ref> Saunders and Saro aircraft since 1917<ref name=London>{{cite book |last1=London |first1=Peter |title=Saunders and Saro aircraft since 1917 |date=1988 |publisher=Putnam |location=London |isbn=0851778143 |pages=337–339 |edition=1st}}</ref> |prime units?=imp  |crew=2 |length ft=28 |length in=2 |length note= |span ft=34 |span in=0 |span note= |height ft=6 |height in=7 |height note= |wing area sqft=150 |wing area note= |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight lb=770 |empty weight note= |gross weight lb=1300 |gross weight note= |max takeoff weight lb= |max takeoff weight note= |fuel capacity={{cvt|140|lb|0}} fuel and oil |more general=  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Pobjoy R |eng1 type=7-cylinder air-cooled geared radial piston engine |eng1 hp=75 |eng1 note=

|prop blade number=2 |prop name=fixed-pitch propeller |prop dia ft= |prop dia in= |prop dia note=  |max speed mph=110 |max speed note= |cruise speed mph= |cruise speed note= |stall speed mph= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed note= |range miles= |range note= |ferry range miles= |ferry range note= |endurance= |ceiling ft= |ceiling note= |climb rate ftmin=800 |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |lift to drag= |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |fuel consumption lb/mi= |power/mass= |more performance= }}

==References== {{Commons category}} {{reflist}}

Clipper Category:1930s British civil utility aircraft Category:Low-wing aircraft Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft Category:Aircraft first flown in 1932