The Kronfeld Monoplane was a 1930s British
ultra-light aircraft designed by
Robert Kronfeld
Squadron Leader Robert Kronfeld, AFC (5 May 1904 – 12 February 1948) was an Austrian-born gliding champion and sailplane designer of the 1920s and 30s. He became a British subject and an RAF test pilot. He was killed testing a glider in 1948. ...
, only one was built.
Design and development
Designed as a successor to the company's
Kronfeld Drone, the Monoplane was a single-seat parasol monoplane powered by a
Carden-Ford converted car engine.
The Monoplane,
registered
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''G-AESG'', was built and first flown at
Hanworth Aerodrome in 1937.
With the start of the
Second World War
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a second unfinished Monoplane and the prototype were scrapped.
Specifications
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1930s British sport aircraft
Parasol-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1937
Single-engined pusher aircraft
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