Hendy 302

Hendy 302
Role	Two-seat cabin monoplane Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Hendy Aircraft Company
Designer	Basil Henderson
First flight	1929
Introduction	1929
Retired	1938
Produced	1929
Number built	1

The Hendy 302 was a British two-seat cabin monoplane designed by Basil B. Henderson and built by George Parnall & Company Limited at Yate in 1929. Only one aircraft was built registered G-AAVT.

The 302 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailskid landing gear, powered by a 105 hp (78 kW) Cirrus Hermes I engine. It was flown by Edgar Percival in the 1930 King's Cup Race. It was rebuilt in 1934 as the 302A with an inverted 130 hpCirrus Hermes IV and a revised cabin. It averaged 133.5 mph in the 1934 Kings Cup Race. It was used as a testbed for the Cirrus Major II engine before being withdrawn from use in 1938.

Data from A.J. Jackson, British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3, 1974, Putnam, London, ISBN 0-370-10014-X, Page 253

General characteristics

• Crew: two
• Length: 22 ft 10 in (6.96 m)
• Wingspan: 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
• Gross weight: 1,900 lb (862 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Cirrus Hermes IV , 130 hp (97 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 130 mph (210 km/h, 110 kn)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hendy 302.

• A.J. Jackson, British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3, 1974, Putnam, London, ISBN 0-370-10014-X, Page 252
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2155
• "Hendy", Flight, vol. XXII, no. 1143, p. 1296, 21 November 1930 – via archive.org