TAYLORCRAFT MODEL H
- One Taylorcraft
airframe (actually a US-built Model B, imported pre-war as G-AFKO) completed
by Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) as a two/three-seat glider to investigate
the practicability of using such an aircraft to train glider pilots. Forward
fuselage lengthened to compensate for lack of engine. Testing began on
July 6, 1943, but no official interest was shown and in 1944 the Taylorcraft
Model H (which carried neither serial number nor civil registration) was
transferred to an ATC Gliding School at Bretford, Leics.
Take-off run (towed), 1,500
ft (457 m); rate of climb (on tow), 600 ftlmin (3.05 m/sec). Full-flap
stalling speed, 26 mph (42 km/h). Gross weight, 1,080 Ib (490 kg). Span,
36 ft 0 in (10.98 m). Length, 24ftO in (7.32 m).
