Turner Two Seat Wot

The Turner Two Seat Wot (TSW-2) is a biplane aircraft designed for amateur construction by Chris Turner in 1976.

Two Seat Wot
The second example built, G-BLPB
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United Kingdom
Designer Chris Turner
First flight 1978
Status Production completed (1986)
Produced 1976-1986
Number built 2
Developed from Currie Wot
G-BEBO at Sunderland Airport

Design and development

The aircraft was originally conceived as a two seat version of the Currie Wot, however few component parts of the original Wot were retained by the time the design had been finalised. The Turner TSW-2 has a reduced wingspan, four ailerons and uses a different aerofoil section for the staggered wings. The aileron bellcrank fittings are however, made to the Currie Wot drawings.

The Turner Two Seat Wot's structure is primarily of wood with metal interplane struts, cabane struts, undercarriage and engine mount. Two examples were constructed G-BEBO and G-BLPB.[1] The prototype G-BEBO was fitted with a 125 hp (93 kW) Lycoming O-290-3 engine and G-BLPB a 150 hp (112 kW) Lycoming 0-320-A1A engine.[2][3]

Chris Turner was awarded the Best New Design Award at the 1987 Popular Flying Association Rally at Cranfield, Bedfordshire.[4]

The Turner TSW-2 is a design approved by the Light Aircraft Association, the delegated controlling body for homebuilt aircraft.[5]

Operational history

The prototype Turner TSW-2, G-BEBO, was built by its designer Chris Turner. It was registered with the Civil Aviation Authority on 30 June 1976 and first flown from Sunderland Airport in 1978. The aircraft was destroyed in a hangar fire at Hunday Farm and de-registered in January 2003.[2]

This second example, G-BLPB, was built by James Woolford and Kingsley Thomas in Mullion Cornwall between 1980 and 1986.[3] It first flew from Land's End Airport on 31 August 1986.[6] This aircraft is still airworthy and in 2017 was based on a farm strip in Wiltshire.

The Turner TSW-2 was the subject of a test flight report in Popular Flying by John Harper, who stated that the aircraft was capable of executing the Aerobatics Association's Beginners Sequence of aerobatic manoeuvrers.[7]

References
  1. Civil Aviation Authority. "Registration Database". G-INFO. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom) (15 November 2017). "GINFO Search Results Summary G-BEBO". Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  3. Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom) (15 November 2017). "GINFO Search Results Summary G-BLPB". Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  4. Popular Flying Magazine article, August–September 1988
  5. Light Aircraft Association (13 November 2015). "Approved Aircraft" (PDF). www.lightaircraftassociation.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  6. First Flight, Pilot Magazine July 1987 article page 4.
  7. From Nissan to Hundai!, Popular Flying magazine September - October 1988, Issue p.32
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