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Top speed
  
225 km/h

Length
  
5.4 m

Designer
  
Nicholas Comper

Wingspan
  
7.32 m

Manufacturer
  
Comper Aircraft Company

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The Comper C.L.A.7 Swift is a British 1930s single-seat sporting aircraft produced by Comper Aircraft Company Ltd of Hooton Park, Cheshire.

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Design and development

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In March 1929 Flight Lieutenant Nicholas Comper left the Royal Air Force and formed the Comper Aircraft Company to build an aircraft he had designed, the Comper Swift. He had previously designed and flown three aircraft for the Cranwell Light Aeroplane Club: the C.L.A.2, C.L.A.3 and C.L.A.4. The prototype Swift (registered G-AARX) first flew at Hooton Park in January 1930. The aircraft was a small single-seat, braced high-wing monoplane constructed of fabric-covered spruce wood frames. The first Swift was powered by a 40 hp (30 kW) ABC Scorpion piston engine. After successful tests, seven more aircraft were built in 1930, powered by a 50 hp Salmson A.D.9 radial engine. Trials with Pobjoy P radial engine for use in air racing resulted in all the subsequent aircraft being powered by the Pobjoy R. The last three factory-built aircraft (sometimes called the Gipsy Swift) were fitted with de Havilland Gipsy engines - two with 120 hp (89 kW) Gipsy Major III, and one with a 130 hp (97 kW) Gipsy Major. One of the Gipsy Swifts, owned by the then-Prince of Wales and future King Edward VIII, won second place in the 1932 King's Cup Race while being flown by his personal pilot. Postwar, surviving Swifts continued to compete successfully in UK air races into the mid-1950s.

Survivors

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  • EC-HAM Airworthy, displayed at Cuatro Vientos, Madrid, Spain. Owned by Fundación Infante de Orleans. Formerly G-ABUU, now painted to represent "EC-AAT" "Ciudad de Manila" as flown by Fernando R. Loring for his March 1933 flight Madrid-Manila.
  • G-ABTC Stored, in Cornwall.
  • G-ABUS Stored, believed in France.
  • G-ACGL On display, RAF Museum, Cosford.
  • G-ACTF Airworthy, displayed at the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, England
  • G-LCGL Airworthy (replica)
  • LV-FBA Stored, in Argentina. Also, a second Comper Swift flew in Argentina. Parts saved and stored in Buenos Aires after accident in San Justo 1950- Owner Vicente Bonvisutto (Reg.G-AAZE R-232 LV-YEA LV-FCE)
  • VH-ACG (Gipsy engine) Airworthy This aircraft was shipped to Oshkosh, USA for the EAA Airventure fly-in, and will be shipped back to Australia after the show.
  • VH-UVC Stored, in Sydney, Australia.

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    A new-build aircraft, registered G-ECTF, and built according to the original plans, with a Pobjoy Cataract engine, is expected to fly in 2015.

    Operators

     Spain
  • Spanish Republican Air Force

    • Specifications (C.L.A.7 Swift)

    Data from Jackson (1974)

    General characteristics

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  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 17 ft 8½ in (5.4 m)
  • Wingspan: 24 ft 0 in (7.32 m)
  • Height: 5 ft 3½ in (1.61 m)
  • Wing area: 90 ft² (8.36 m²)
  • Empty weight: 540 lb (245 kg)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 985 lb (447 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Pobjoy R radial piston, 75 hp (56 kW)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 140 mph (225 km/h)
  • Range: 380 miles (611 km)
  • Service ceiling: 22,000 ft (6705 m)

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    References

    Comper Swift Wikipedia
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