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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
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built one example at their East Cowes works in 1932. The aeroplane was initially fitted with a 75-hp
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was a British light touring aeroplane of the 1930s. It was a single-engine, two-seat, low-wing
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H.E. Broadsmith designed the Clipper as a two-seater; he employed the outer wings of the
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British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3, Saunders and Saro aircraft since 1917
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7-cylinder air-cooled geared radial piston engine, 75 hp (56 kW)
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it flew for the first time on 14 December 1932. After modification to
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Manufacturer
Spartan Aircraft Limited
Spartan Aircraft Limited
monoplane
tailwheel
Monospar ST-4
Spartan Aircraft Limited
Pobjoy R
undercarriage
cowling
Certificate of Airworthiness
King's Cup Race
Pobjoy Niagara
Cowes
Pobjoy R




ISBN
0851778143
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Simmonds Aircraft
Spartan Aircraft Limited
Spartan
Arrow
Clipper

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