The Shapley Kittiwake was a 1930s British two-seat gull wing monoplane designed and built by Errol Spencer Shapley at Torquay, Devon.
Development The Kittiwake was a monoplane with a gull wing and a fixed landing gear. The first aircraft, a Mark 1 registered G-AEZN,UK Civil Aviation Authority Aircraft Register G-AEZN with a single-seat open cockpit and powered by a 50 hp (37 kW) Continental A50 piston engine, was first flown at Roborough in June 1937 but was damaged in a crash landing later that year.Ord-Hume 1976, p. 684. The second aircraft, a Mark 2 registered G-AFRP,UK Civil Aviation Authority Aircraft Register G-AFRP was a larger two-seat cabin monoplane powered by a 90 hp (67 kW) Pobjoy Niagara III engine, and first flew at Roborough in 1938.
The Mark 1 aircraft was dismantled before the Second World War. The Mark 2 was stored during the war, only to crash on Dartmoor in December 1946.
Specifications (Mark 2)
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External links Aviation Safety Network Kittiwake Mk II crash report