Saturday, March 10, 2012

Not good

The Parnall Pipit, designed by the Air Ministry: “The first of two prototypes (s/n N232) was flown in 1928, but crashed when a tailplane spar failed as a result of flutter. The second prototype (s/n N233), with a 520 hp F.XIIS engine and many other changes, was also lost as a result of violent flutter which fractured the sternpost whereupon the vertical tail surfaces were carried away. Further development of the Pipit was then abandoned.”

(Violent flutter and loss of vertical tail surfaces generally leads to a landing less than good. Nice looking airplane, though.)

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/EwingBill/10860.htm

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