Jackaroo | |
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General information | |
Type | Cabin Tourer |
Manufacturer | Jackaroo Aircraft Limited |
Primary user | Wiltshire School of Flying |
Number built | 19 conversions |
History | |
First flight | 1957 |
Developed from | de Havilland Tiger Moth |
TheThruxton Jackaroo was a 1950sBritish four-seat cabin biplane converted from ade Havilland Tiger Moth byJackaroo Aircraft Limited atThruxton Aerodrome andRollason Aircraft and Engines Limited atCroydon Airport.
TheThruxton Jackaroo was designed as a four-seat cabin general purpose biplane; the original tandem two-seat Tiger Moth fuselage was widened to allow side-by-side seating for 4 people.[1] It was marketed as "the cheapest four-seat aircraft in the world".[2] The first conversion first flew on 2 March 1957.[3] Eighteen Tiger Moths were converted by Jackaroo Aircraft Limited between 1957 and 1959 and one aircraft was converted by Rollason's in 1960.[1] The aircraft could be fitted with an optional crop-spraying gear.[4] One converted aircraft was further modified as a single-seat agricultural aircraft, but with little interest in the variant the aircraft was converted back to a Mk. 1.[1]
Data from De Havilland Aircraft since 1909[5]
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