Having failed miserably in my attempts to find any information on this machine other that the fact that it was built and test flown at Witney, Oxfordshire I am turning to the only people who are likely to be able to provide some information. I am interested in a recogniton type three view, dimensions and powerplant. The only picture I’ve seen of it gives the appearance of the engines being de Havilland, probably Gipsy Majors.
anything anyone can provide will be appreciated.
Cheers
Mike
By: Newforest - 8th May 2009 at 23:25
Maybe deH wouldn’t supply their engines for an untested machine? As an aside, Menasco engines were fitted to Tiger Moths!
http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/collections/artifacts/aircraft/deHavillandDH82C2MenascoMoth/
By: mike currill - 8th May 2009 at 22:31
It would seem that the photo I saw which originally spurred me to set the question was incorrectly captioned. The photo I saw was captioned as a Willoughby Delta 9G but the photo was of FPX which we have established was the Delta F. Anyway regardless it induced me to ak the question which in turn produced answers and taught me something else I didn’t know.
I just have one more question on the matter. I was under the impression that Menasco was an American manufacturer. If that is the case why did Willoughby use them instead of good old British Gipsy Majors?
By: chumpy - 8th May 2009 at 19:19
It would seem that the Delta F was a ‘technology demonstrater’ for the proposed Delta 9. This to be a larger three engined machine carrying 18 passengers.
Alas overtaken by events with the crash of the ‘F’ that claimed the life of the designer.
Chumpy.
By: avion ancien - 8th May 2009 at 18:20
The attached is extracted from Volume III of A.J.Jackson’s ‘British Civil Aircraft 1919-1972’ (2nd ed.). As it gives dimensions and technical information, I hope that it will be of some help.
I note that all the posts on this thread have concerned the Willoughby Delta F whereas the initial enquiry concerned the Willoughby Delta 9G. Are they the same aeroplane? If so, why the two designations? Was this the only aeroplane designed by P.N.Willoughby (obviously it was the last!) and/or produced by the Willoughby Delta Company? Were there Willoughby Deltas A to E? Does anyone know why G-AFPX crashed?
By: mike currill - 8th May 2009 at 13:49
It certainly looks that way. Lateral vision – what’s that then?
By: Newforest - 7th May 2009 at 22:52
The visibility from the cockpit must have been absolutely atrocious!:p
By: mike currill - 7th May 2009 at 21:42
Thanks for that Chumpy, exactly the kind of stuff I was after. I hadn’t seen any of that before.
By: chumpy - 7th May 2009 at 21:20
3-view drawing cribbed from the massive Ord-Hume tome, British Light Aeroplanes 1920-40.
What an amazing bit of youtube footage!
Chumpy.
By: Newforest - 7th May 2009 at 21:18
Is this the same plane as the Willoughby Delta F, G-AFPX?:)
By: pogno - 7th May 2009 at 21:07
Many moons ago(1970’s perhaps) Aeroplane Monthly did a bit on this aircraft including a 3 view and several photographs. I dont have the indexes filed so it would mean working through the mags, and that might take a while. I take it you have seen this http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Braas/6410.htm and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HNr9stG5Ec
Richard
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