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Aircraft |
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A selection
of pictures of aircraft seen at Croydon throughout it's
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Druine |
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The Druine D.31 Turbulent is
a French single-seat ultralight Homebuilt aircraft designed by
Roger Druine (1921–1958) was a French aviator and light
aircraft designer. Druine was born in 1921 at Pont-Sainte-Maxence
and built his first aircraft age 16. He went on to design a series
of small aircraft for amateur construction. Druine died on 19
March 1958 at age 37. The D.31 Turbulent was designed to be amateur-built
and is a single-seat ultra-light aircraft with cantilever low-wing
and fixed tailwheel landing gear. Designed to be powered by a
30hp (1200cc) Volkswagen or similar engine. The fuselage uses
wood construction. Rollason Aircraft & Engines Limited produced
29 factory-built D.31 aircraft in the United Kingdom and three
D.31A models with strengthened wing spar in order to get a full
British certificate of Airworthiness. Five Turbulents are operated
by the Tiger Club in 2008.
The rights to plans for the
design are held by the UK Light Aircraft Association |
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(below) Druine D31 Turbulent. August 1959 |
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(above) Trial flight at Croydon of a Turbulent by her builder
Noman Jones on the 2nd of June 1958. |
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(above) 'Druine D31 (Turbulent) picture
taken 1958 |
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