I seem to remember there was an article in Air Enthusiast on the Sprite, a couple of issues before it ceased publication.
Probably the best account I have read on the aircraft.
Arthur Ord-Hume; "Butterfly from Essex", Air Enthusiast, 131, September/October 2007, pp.22-25.I seem to remember there was an article in Air Enthusiast on the Sprite, a couple of issues before it ceased publication.
Probably the best account I have read on the aircraft.
"...Essex Aero Ltd. actually designed an all magnesium alloy twin engined fighter aircraft, capable of vertical climb, at the outbreak of war but this was not pursued by the Air Ministry."
"...Essex Aero Ltd. actually designed an all magnesium alloy twin engined fighter aircraft, capable of vertical climb, at the outbreak of war but this was not pursued by the Air Ministry."
Wow,
new Info about this Fighter my dear Steelpillow,and did he design any more aircraft or Projects ?.
Frank R. Turner's self-published booklet Essex Aero Limited. Gravesend., Gravesend at war series No. 7. (2000), does not mention the Sprite but does claim that
"...Essex Aero Ltd. actually designed an all magnesium alloy twin engined fighter aircraft, capable of vertical climb, at the outbreak of war but this was not pursued by the Air Ministry."
Frank R. Turner's self-published booklet Essex Aero Limited. Gravesend., Gravesend at war series No. 7. (2000), does not mention the Sprite but does claim that
"...Essex Aero Ltd. actually designed an all magnesium alloy twin engined fighter aircraft, capable of vertical climb, at the outbreak of war but this was not pursued by the Air Ministry."
My dear Steelpillow,
please can you send a drawing to this fighter Project ?,and you can open new topic in Early Projects section.