- Wing Derringer
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type=Light twin-engined touring monoplane
manufacturer=Wing Aircraft
designer=John Thorp
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variants with their own articles=The Wing Derringer is an American light twin-engined two-seat monoplane tourer designed byJohn Thorp and developed by theHi-Shear Corporation and built by theWing Aircraft Company.Development
The D-1 Derringer light twin design was originally designed in 1958 by John Thorp as the Thorp T-17 a twin-engined development of his
Thorp T-11 Sky Scooter. The design was taken over by George Wing of the Hi-Shear Corporation. The Derringer is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear. It had room for two in an enclosed cockpit with an unusual up and backward opening canopy. It was powered by two 115hpContinental O-200 engines, one mounted on the leading edge of each wing. The prototype aircraft (registered "N3621G") first flew on1 May 1962 at Torrance.A second prototype flew in November 1964 but crashed a few weeks later. A static test aircraft and two more aircraft were built for testing which resulted in the award of a type certificate in December1966 . The aircraft did not go into production due to internal problems within the Hi-Shear Corporation.In 1978 George Wing left Hi-Shear and started the Wing Aircraft Company. The company built one-pre-production aircraft followed by six production aircraft. The company went into bankruptcy in July 1982 and only one further aircraft was built before seven unfinished airframes were sold.
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