Hendy Aircraft
Hendy Aircraft Company, aircraft makers, of Shoreham
1928 Basil B. Henderson formed the Hendy Aircraft Company with Mr. H. A. Miles[1].
1929 Hendy Aircraft was established at Shoreham by B. J. W. Brady and B. B. Henderson[2].
1929 In a small shed at Shoreham, Henderson and Miles constructed a low-wing, single-seater cabin monoplane, the Model 281 Hobo, embodying a new type of wing spar construction developed by Henderson[3] with a 35 hp ABC Scorpion II engine and Hendy retractable under-carriage.
1929 Parnalls built a cabin monoplane called the Hendy 302 for Capt. Edgar Percival to his specification at his expense. Both Percival and Henderson contributed to the design (Henderson researched the cantilever wings) together with H. A. Miles who worked on stressing[4]. Percival flew the aircraft in the 1930 King's Cup Race[5]. Only one prototype was built but it helped to introduce the low-wing cantilever form of aircraft design.
1934 The last design of the Hendy Aircraft Company was the Heck, designed by Henderson and completed in 1934. The prototypes were built by Westland[6]; the Heck was later taken over by Parnall Aircraft Ltd. A small batch was put into production. The Heck was notable for its speed range of 40-170 m.p.h.; it set a new record for the South Africa to England flight in 1935.
1935 The company was acquired by Aero Syndicate who sold it on to Parnall Aircraft Ltd[7].
See Also
Sources of Information
- British Aircraft Manufacturers since 1908 by Gunter Endres. Pub 1995 ISBN 0-7110-2409-x