The Clutton-Tabenor FRED is a British homebuilt aircraft design introduced in 1963.[1][2][3]
FRED | |
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Being prepared for flight at Andrewsfield Airport, Essex, 1989 | |
Role | Homebuilt monoplane |
Manufacturer | Clutton-Tabenor |
Designer | Eric Clutton |
First flight | 1963 |
Number built | about 30-40 |
The prototype FRED (Flying Runabout Experimental Design) was designed and built by E.C. Clutton and E.W. Sherry between 1957 and 1963. The aircraft, registered G-ASZY, first flew at Meir aerodrome, Stoke-on-Trent on 3 November 1963. It was a single-seat wood and fabric parasol monoplane powered originally by a Triumph 5T motorcycle engine. By 1968 it was flying with a converted Volkswagen engine. The Continental A-65 65 hp (48 kW) four stroke powerplant has also been used. The plans were made available to allow the aircraft to be homebuilt and thirty to forty examples have been built around the world.[1][2][3]
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