Fane F.1/40

F.1/40
Role	air observation post
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Fane Aircraft Company
Designer	Gerard Fane
First flight	1941
Number built	1

The Fane F.1/40 was a 1940s British Air Observation Post aircraft design by Captain Gerald Fane's Fane Aircraft Company (formerly C F Aircraft Ltd^[1])

Design and development

It was designed to Air Ministry specification F.1/40 for an airborne observation post. It was developed by Gerard Fane based on the Comper Scamp.^[2] The Scamp had been designed by Nicholas Comper as a two seater but he had not built it but redesigned it as a single seater, the Comper Fly. Fane took the Scamp design and reworked it as the F.1.^[3]It was of pusher configuration with a high wing set behind the pilot. A single example serial number T1788 was flown and tested by the Air Ministry at Heston Aerodrome in March 1941.^[2] It was in competition with the General Aircraft GAL.47 but neither were selected for service use. In September 1941 the F.1/40 was registered G-AGDJ to the builders^[4], but was scrapped sometime during the war.^[2]

Specifications

Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 23 ft 5 in (7.14 m)
• Wingspan: 37 ft 0 in (11.28 m)
• Max takeoff weight: 1,500 lb (680 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Continental A-80 , 80 hp (60 kW)

Notes

1. ^ Flight
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Jackson 1973, p. 333
3. ^ http://nickcomper.co.uk/aircraft/the-scamp/ Scamp nickcomper.co.uk]
4. ^ "Registration G-AGDJ". United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AGDJ.pdf. Retrieved 2009-11-25. 

References

• Jackson, A.J. (1973). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2. London: Putnam. pp. 382. ISBN 0 370 10010 7. 

External links

• Flight article on Scamp
• Flight 22 January 1977 Letters p184
• The Nick Comper Website