Could the Chichester-Miles Leopard be called the first VLJ (very light jet)? Is Britain going to lose its lead in this market? What has happened to this concept? I believe two, G-BKRL and G-BRNM are with the Bournemouth Aviation Museum and one may be airworthy. Is it the usual case of lack of money for development or is there another problem? :confused:
By: Spey111 - 26th August 2005 at 23:32
G-BRNM is displayed inside the museum and is complete and G-BKRL arrived at the museum earlier this year in bits and is stored outside under a tarpaulin.
Inside alongside G-BRNM there are some very nice professional looking models of the aircraft.
By: Newforest - 24th August 2005 at 15:57
I will qualify my statement by saying that the Leopard should be the first of the new line of VLJ’s which predominately use Williams engines.
Anyway, if you are in the market for a ‘new ‘ Paris, the site is:
By: Newforest - 23rd August 2005 at 21:41
You have a good point there Kenneth! Especially as the U.S. has just bought 30 used Paris’s from France to refurbish and sell in the U.S. 😉
Now where is that English fleugzeug.de page that everyone is looking for :confused: :dev2:
By: Kenneth - 23rd August 2005 at 21:05
Could the Chichester-Miles Leopard be called the first VLJ (very light jet)?
Shouldn’t that honour be bestowed on the much earlier Morane-Saulnier Paris or SIPA MiniJet?
By: Newforest - 23rd August 2005 at 18:32
Forgot to upload the photo! Good info. on the current situation 🙂
By: Moggy C - 23rd August 2005 at 17:03
I think that’s fair. Miles leading as ever was.
Some interesting stuff on VLJ Here
Moggy
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August 23, 2005 at 4:14 pm