| Camel | |
|---|---|
| Role | Single-seat gliderType of aircraft |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | Scott Light Aircraft |
| First flight | 1939 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Sproule-Ivanoff Camel was a 1930s British single-seat medium performance glider designed by J.S Sproule and Alexander Ivanoff and built by Scott Light Aircraft of Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
Design and development
At the end of 1937 Sproule and Ivanoff decided to design a glider that would be cheap, be easy to control and have a good speed range. It would also have wing-folding for quick assembly. The glider was a high wing strut-supported single-spar monoplane with no flaps of airbrakes and an enclosed single-seat cockpit. The Camel first flew at Ratcliffe in Leicestershire in 1939. In 1949 the Camel was registered to Alexander Ivanoff as G-ALLL.
Accidents
On 19 August 1951 the Camel was destroyed in a fatal mid-air collision with another glider over Dunstable. The pilot, an instructor with the London Gliding Club, was killed when the Camel suddenly descended on top of an EoN Olympia glider. The pilot of the Olympia, from the South Downs Gliding Club, took evasive action when he saw the Camel descend; the glider lost four foot of wing tip but landed safely. The Camel did not have a certificate of airworthiness, which was not a compulsory requirement. The Deputy Coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death, saying "there was no evidence that either glider was anything but airworthy".
Specifications
Data from VGC News
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 17 ft 2 in (5.23 m)
- Wingspan: 37 ft 4 in (11.38 m)
- Wing area: 110 sq ft (10 m)
- Aspect ratio: 12.7
- Airfoil: Göttingen 535 at root, Göttingen 389 at tip
Performance
- Rate of sink: 169 ft/min (0.86 m/s) minimum at 35 mph (56 km/h)
- Wing loading: 3.7 lb/sq ft (18 kg/m)
See also
Related lists
References
Notes
- ^ Sproule, J.S. (April 1929). "The Camel". Sailplane and Glider. 10 (4). British Gliding Association: 70–71.
- ^ "Would this have been the Camel Mk 2". VGC News. 10 (93). Vintage Glider Club: 18. 1998.
- "Aircraft Register Entry for G-ALLL" (PDF). United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- "Glider Instructor Killed". News in Brief. The Times. No. 52084. London. 20 August 1951. col D, p. 4.
- ^ "Club and Gliding News". Flight: 236. 24 August 1951.
- "Death after Glider Collision". News. The Times. No. 52087. London. 23 August 1951. col D, p. 3.
- ^ Ellison, Norman (1971). British Gliders and Sailplanes. London: A & C Black Ltd. pp. 138–9, 169. ISBN 978-0-7136-1189-2.
External links
- Göttingen 535 airfoil Archived 25 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Göttingen 389 airfoil
