The Dart Kitten was designed
by A.R. Weyl in 1936 and built by Dart Aircraft Ltd at Dunstable,
Bedfordshire. It is an ultra-light single-seat low-wing aircraft
with a fixed tailskid undercarriage. The four examples built
were powered by a variety of engines of between 27 h.p. and 40
h.p.
The Dart Kitten I G-AERP first flew in January 1937 and was sold
to a private owner at Tollerton airport near Nottingham. It was
stored during the Second World War. It was re-engined with a
40 h.p. J.A.P. J-99 postwar and flew with a private owner at
Broxbourne airfield Hertfordshire before crashing there in November
1952. The Dart Kitten II G-AEXT received its authorisation to
fly on the 30th of April 1937 and had a series of owners before
being badly damaged in a crash at Willingale, Essex in November
1964. It was subsequently rebuilt and in 2009 was airworthy with
a private owner near Aylesbury Buckinghamshire. As of 2012 it
is based with the Real Aeroplane Company at Breighton near Selby
in North Yorkshire. |
