Hillson Pennine
| 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 |
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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]
Design and development
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 the 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]
Specifications
Data from [2] British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3;[3] British Light Aeroplanes; dimensions and weights are estimates
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 21 ft 8 in (6.60 m)
- Wingspan: 36 ft 1 in (11.0 m)
- Wing area: 164 ft2 (15.24 m2)
- Empty weight: 584 lb (265 kg)
- Gross weight: 1080 lb (490 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Praga B air-cooled horizontal twin, 36 hp ( kW)