Dart Totternhoe
Dart Aircraft · United Kingdom · first flew 1936 · glider
The Dart Totternhoe was a single-seat secondary training glider produced in the United Kingdom in the 1930s.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | High-mounted, straight |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × none, embedded-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | Constant-chord wing with blunt tips, mounted on top of the fuselage |
| T — Tail | Conventional |
WEFT is AircraftIQ's four-point recognition method — how it works.
Spot it by:
- Constant-chord wing with blunt tips, mounted on top of the fuselage
- Two pairs of lift struts running from the bottom of the fuselage to the wing spars
- Flat-sided wooden fuselage with an open cockpit and a single main skid
Look for a wooden glider whose wing sits on a raised upper fuselage behind the open cockpit, braced by two pairs of lift struts, with a rudder hinged between the elevators.
Specifications
- The Dart Totternhoe has a length of 6.55 m (21 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 11.8 m (39 ft).
- Typical crew: 1.
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History
It took its name from a Bedfordshire village, the home of the London Gliding Club, and first flew in May 1936. It was a wooden glider with straight-edged, fabric-covered flying surfaces and no flaps or airbrakes.
Variants
Three were built, and one of them was later rebuilt by Scott Light Aircraft.
Where you'll see it
One example flew with the Air Training Corps as VD199 and was transferred to the Royal Air Force Gliding & Soaring Association in 1950.
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