Seen in Bournemouth – 04 August 2011

I remember… thinking that it was a Planet Satellite of the jet age, ie great vision and design, but possibly no market.

Great looking aircraft in flight, some pics and videos of it here courtesy of Machdiamonds.com, http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://machdiamonds.com/leopard1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://machdiamonds.com/leopard.html&usg=__tCH83ZDZU6VVxi3bFnTNIVuD0ck=&h=360&w=732&sz=104&hl=en&start=1&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=0d7_3NcK8skKwM:&tbnh=69&tbnw=141&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcmc%2Bleopard%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4ACAW_enGB337GB337%26tbm%3Disch&ei=XjE8TuKkMo7u-gaBv8C_Ag

At least the Leopard flew properly. The Satellite looked the business, but its two hop-flights both ended with a damaged aircraft and the CAA of its day declared a complete redesign was needed.

Thats an interesting link James. Have to say this is a new one on me and appears to be a great concept. What became of the design. Did it ever progress to production?

Crumbs that long ago.
I remember seeing it at Farnborough, and I spoke to the late Ian Chichester-Miles who was standing with his design, and thinking that it was a Planet Satellite of the jet age, ie great vision and design, but possibly no market.

Great looking aircraft in flight, some pics and videos of it here courtesy of Machdiamonds.com, http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://machdiamonds.com/leopard1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://machdiamonds.com/leopard.html&usg=__tCH83ZDZU6VVxi3bFnTNIVuD0ck=&h=360&w=732&sz=104&hl=en&start=1&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=0d7_3NcK8skKwM:&tbnh=69&tbnw=141&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcmc%2Bleopard%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4ACAW_enGB337GB337%26tbm%3Disch&ei=XjE8TuKkMo7u-gaBv8C_Ag

It can usually be found at the B/mth aviation museum.

A good photo to remind us of the design. It was cancelled almost twelve years ago.