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about 1938 and it visited the parent company's works in
England in June 1939. The Gosselies factory was destroyed by bombing on 5 May 1940 and at about that time all drawings and jigs for the aircraft were destroyed, deliberately or not. Before the German invasion in May 1940 the machine was taken
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began outside the centre section. Each mainwheel, equipped with brakes was mounted on a single leg fixed at the end of the centre section. On the prototype the wheels were spatted, but these were removed on production aircraft. There was a small tailwheel below the fin. The rudder was horn balanced
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The Primer was a conventional single-engined, low-winged monoplane, constructed of welded metal tubes with wood in subsidiary structures like ribs and stringers, all fabric covered. The wings were quite symmetrically tapered and carried manually operated flaps across the centre section. Mild
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The enclosed tandem dual control cockpits merged into a raised decking behind them, giving the aircraft a smooth but slightly humped look. Both cockpits were over the wing. The engines used by
Primers, the 145 hp (108 kW)
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trainer. Post war, the parent company decided, uniquely to produce this aircraft, calling it the Fairey Primer. Only one Tipsy M had been produced in
Belgium and this became the Primer prototype.
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tandem seat single-engined basic trainer. Two production aircraft were completed in the late 1940s.
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122 mph (196 km/h, 106 kn) at 2,3000 rm
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238:Specifications (Gipsy Major 10)
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177:The Tipsy M, registered
163:de Havilland Gipsy Major
142:in 1940 was the Tipsy M
261:General characteristics
130:'s Belgian subsidiary,
122:In the 1930s, designer
842:Ultra-light Helicopter
574:Taylor, H. A. (1974).
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167:Blackburn Cirrus Major
35:Avions Fairey Tipsy M
876:Avions Fairey Belfair
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232:de Havilland Chipmunk
140:Occupation of Belgium
112:Avions Fairey Tipsy M
871:Avions Fairey Junior
717:Long-range Monoplane
188:Great West Aerodrome
802:Firefly (monoplane)
635:Chronological order
173:Operational history
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462:Taylor 1974
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376:Taylor 1974
318:Performance
310:Powerplant:
254:Taylor 1974
118:Development
911:Categories
852:Gannet AEW
682:Flycatcher
358:References
292:Wing area:
74:E.O. Tips
896:Tipsy S.2
807:Spearfish
797:Barracuda
762:Swordfish
727:Fleetwing
712:Firefly I
707:Kangourou
692:Fremantle
280:Wingspan:
251:Data from
183:Gosselies
145:ab initio
71:Designer
864:aircraft
847:Rotodyne
812:Gyrodyne
787:Albacore
667:Campania
629:aircraft
154:dihedral
87:Retired
56:Belgium
891:Tipsy M
881:Tipsy B
837:Delta 2
827:Delta 1
767:Fantôme
677:Pintail
286:Height:
274:Length:
136:Tipsy S
90:c.1951
21:Primer
822:Gannet
817:Primer
792:Fulmar
782:P.4/34
777:Seafox
772:Battle
757:G.4/31
747:S.9/30
737:Gordon
732:Hendon
697:Ferret
627:Fairey
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337:Range:
228:G-ALEW
224:G-ALBL
220:G-AKSX
200:G-AKSX
192:OO-POM
179:OO-POM
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363:Notes
268:Crew:
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82:1938
40:Role
742:Seal
687:Fawn
657:N.10
580:ISBN
557:2009
525:2009
493:2009
106:The
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