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The Hillson Pennine was a 1930s
United Kingdom
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two-seat cabin monoplane designed by Norman Sykes and built by
F Hills & Sons of Trafford Park.
Design and development
The Pennine was a small high-wing braced monoplane powered by a
Praga B
The Praga B2 was a low powered aero engine suitable for very light aircraft. It dates from the mid-1930s.
Design
The Praga B2 was a dual ignition, air-cooled horizontal twin producing 40 horsepower (30 kW) aimed at lightweight aircraft. ...
two-cylinder piston engine,
though originally designed for an
Aspin engine.
It was wooden-built and had fixed tailwheel landing gear.
The Pennine, designed to be simple, had an unconventional control system with a normal elevator and spoilers on the leading edge of the mainplane, but had a fixed rudder with just a trim tab and no ailerons.
Started in 1936 and completed in 1937 it was moved to
Barton Aerodrome
City Airport is an airport in Barton-upon-Irwell, Greater Manchester, England, west of Manchester. Formerly known as Barton Aerodrome and City Airport Manchester, It is known by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as Manchester/Barton.
The U ...
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The Penine became airborne during a high-speed taxi test on 4 February 1937, the controls had not been adjusted and it took Sykes half-an-hour of circling to the left to get down safely.
The aircraft was not flown again, the company concentrating on a design for a trainer (the
Hillson Helvellyn) and with space a premium for wartime work the Pennine was dismantled.
The registration G-AFBX was cancelled on 19 November 1945.
[UK Civial Aviation Authority record for G-AFBX](_blank)
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1930s British civil utility aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1937