Luton Minor - Wikipedia
WEBLuton Minor. The Luton L.A.4 Minor was a 1930s British single-seat high-wing ultra-light aircraft. The prototype was built by the Luton Aircraft Limited, and design plans were later adapted and copies sold for homebuilding.
LUTON “MINOR” - Plane & Pilot Magazine
WEBFeb 18, 2010 · This single-seat strut-braced parasol monoplane carries Volkswagen air-cooled engines rated from 30 to 65 hp. First flown in 1936, the design was upgraded in 1960 to handle 55-hp engines and up.
The Luton Minor - Specification and Performance - pilotfriend.com
WEBLuton Minor. Originally designed in 1936 the Luton Minor was the start of the modern homebuilding movement in the UK. The "Minor" has a long fuselage for giving flight stability, whilst the ample size of all control surfaces, with carefully selected gearing, is …
Haddenham Farm Strip and the Luton Minor - YouTube
WEBOct 21, 2016 · Haddenham Farm Strip and the Luton Minor. (Live ATC) - Back seat in the RV4 to a farm strip at Haddenham (near the gliding airfield at Aylesbury Thame) to give the Luton minor a 'once...
Home of the Luton Minor Aeroplane
WEBWELCOME to the Luton Minor website. For those who never seen one of the wee beasties before, it's a single-seat, wood and fabric, 'parasol-wing' monoplane, originally designed in the 1930s, but which in postwar Britain formed the basis of the homebuilt and ultralight aircraft movement. . . . .
Luton Aircraft - Wikipedia
WEBThe company built two ultralight wooden aircraft designs by C.H. Latimer-Needham in 1936, the Buzzard and L.A.2. The L.A.2 was later rebuilt to become the L.A.3 the prototype for the successful Luton Minor ultralight homebuilt.
A Luton Minor is no minor thing…. - Shortfinals
WEBDec 28, 2008 · Fairly ‘short-legged’ (range is around 180 miles), this Minor has turned up at PFA Rallies and the GVFWE on a regular basis, despite numerous changes of ownership. This particular Minor is powered by a modified Volkswagen 1600 engine. Here it appears as an early arrival at GVFWE Abingdon.
AirHistory.net - Luton LA-4 Minor aircraft photos
WEBJun 5, 2019 · The Luton Minor has its origins in the 1930s and was one of the foundations of the homebuilt movement in post-War Britain. This one was built in NSW between 1965-95 and is currently based at Locksley, Vic, from where it regularly flies all over the Australian eastern seaboard.
Essex crash death pilot 'had rebuilt Luton Minor plane' - BBC
WEBFeb 4, 2019 · Essex crash death pilot 'had rebuilt Luton Minor plane'. A pilot who died in a light aircraft crash had "practically rebuilt" its entire body, according to a friend. Stuart Penfold was...
Luton Major - Pilotfriend
WEBThe Luton Major was the only British designed two seater aircraft available to amateurs for home building. It was originally designed by Mr. C. H. Latimer-Needham to Air Ministry requirements.