Elliotts Newbury Eon

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type=Touring monoplant
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The Elliots Newbury EoN or Elliots EoN A.P.4 was a 1940s British four-seat touring monoplane aircraft built by Elliots of Newbury.

Development

Elliots of Newbury were experienced glider manufacturers but at the end of the war decided to venture into powered aircraft. The result was the EoN A.P.4 (more commonly called the Newbury EoN), a wooden four-seat monoplane with a fixed tricycle landing gear. The prototype (EoN 1) registered "G-AKBC" powered by a 100hp (75 kW) Blackburn Cirrus engine first flew on 8 August 1947. After initial testing was completed, the prototype was modified to reflect the production version. Its main change was a new engine, a de Havilland Gipsy Major of 145 hp (108 kW). The re-engined aircraft was redesignated the EoN 2.

The company decided not enter production and it continued as a Glider manufacturer. The sole completed EoN aircraft was used as a glider-tug to demonstrate the company's gliders. The aircraft met its end on 14 April 1950 when, with a glider attached the pilot started the aircraft by swinging the propeller. The engine started and the craft moved forward; the pilotless aircraft and the glider were damaged as the aircraft passed through a boundary hedge. The glider pilot had also abandoned his cockpit when he realised what was happening.

Variants

;EoN 1:Prototype with a 100hp (75 kW) Blackburn Cirrus engine.;Eon 2:Prototype re-engined with a 145hp (108kW) de Havilland Gipsy Major engine.

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References

* "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft" (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing

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