Elliotts Primary EoN
British single-seat glider, 1948
Primary EoN | |
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Role | Training glider Type of aircraft |
Manufacturer | Elliotts of Newbury |
First flight | February 1948 |
Number built | 80 |
The Elliots Primary EoN or EoN Type 7 S.G.38 Primary was a training glider built in the UK shortly after World War II. It was an absolutely minimalist aircraft, consisting of a high, cable-braced wing connected to a conventional empennage by an open-truss framework, and was a copy of the German SG 38 Schulgleiter. Marketed to aeroclubs, the Primary EoN was also adopted in 1948 by the Air Training Corps and by the Combined Cadet Force under the name Eton TX.1. An example is at the Gliding Heritage Centre.
Operators
- United Kingdom
- Royal Air Force
- Air Training Corps
- Combined Cadet Force
Specifications
Data from Janes's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66 [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
- Wingspan: 34 ft 0 in (10.36 m)
- Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
- Wing area: 180 sq ft (17 m2)
- Aspect ratio: 6:1
- Empty weight: 250 lb (113 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 490 lb (222 kg)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 73 mph (117 km/h, 63 kn)
- Stall speed: 27 mph (43 km/h, 23 kn)
- Maximum glide ratio: 8 [2]
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
- Detroit G1 Gull
- Jongblood Primary
- Schweizer SGP 1-1
- Slingsby Grasshopper
- Stamer Lippisch SG-38 Zögling
Related lists
- List of gliders
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elliotts Primary EoN.
- Ellison, Norman (1971). British Gliders and Sailplanes. London: A & C Black Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7136-1189-2.
- Hardy, Michael (1982). Gliders and Sailplanes of the World. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 35.
- Taylor, John W. R. (1965). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66. London: Samson Low, Marston.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 349.
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Elliotts of Newbury (EoN) aircraft
- Type 4 Newbury EoN. 1
- Type 5 Olympia 1
- Type 5 Olympia 2
- Type 5 Olympia 3
- Type 5 Olympia 4
- Type 5 Olympia 401
- Type 5 Olympia 402
- Type 6 Olympia 403
- Type 6 Olympia 415
- Type 6 Olympia 419
- Type 7 SG 38 Primary
- Type 8 Baby Eon
- EoN Type 9 K-1
- Type 10 EoN 460
- Type 10 Eon 463
- Type 10 Eon 465
- EoN Target