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The Parnall 382 was a 1930s British single-engined monoplane trainer aircraft with two open cockpits, designed and developed by Parnall Aircraft Ltd.

Design and development

The Parnall 382 was designed to meet UK Air Ministry Specification T.1/37 for an 'ab initio' trainer, and was also known as the Parnall Heck III. Its competitors were the Heston T.1/37 and the Miles M.15. The Airspeed AS.36, General Aircraft GAL.32 and Percival P.20 were also proposed against specification T.1/37, but not accepted or built. None of the designs was selected for production orders; it has been suggested^[1] that the required performance could not be achieved within the constraints of the Specification.

Construction was primarily wooden, with plywood-skinned spruce frames. The cantilever oleo-pneumatic fixed main undercarriage legs were faired with spats. The undercarriage, tail unit and outer wing panels were adapted from the Parnall Heck 2C. The propeller was a de Havilland fixed-pitch type. Student and tutor sat in open, tandem cockpits, but the rear cockpit was later enclosed.^[2]^[3]

Operational history

One example of the Parnall 382 was built by Parnall Aircraft Ltd as a private venture project. The first flight was by G.A.C Warren at Yate Aerodrome in February 1939, with B conditions registration J1. In September 1939 it was registered G-AFKF. In June 1941, as the Parnall Heck III, it was allocated serial R9138 under contract 23979/39.^[4] In trials at the Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) at Martlesham Heath, it was assessed as pleasant to fly and generally good as a trainer. Notwithstanding a few modifications, no order was forthcoming, and it was SOC (struck off charge) on 5 March 1943. It was allocated the serial 3600M^[5] and ended its days as an Air Training Corps instructional airframe at Jones' West Monmouth School, Pontypool.

Specifications

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References

1. ^{{Citation| title= The Book of Miles aircraft|last= Lukins |first= A.H. |author2=Russell, D.A. |edition= |year=1945|publisher= Harborough|location= Leicester|isbn= |page=52 }}
2. ^¹{{Citation |last= Jackson, A.J. |title= British Civil Aircraft Since 1919 Volume 3 |publisher= Putnam & Company Ltd |location= UK |date= 1974 |page= 91 |isbn=0-370-10014-X}}
3. ^{{Citation |last= Lewis, Peter |title= Air Pictorial |publisher= Rolls House Publishing Co Ltd |location= UK |date= November 1965 |page= 403 |postscript= .}}
4. ^{{Citation| title= Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 |last= Halley |first= James J. |edition= |year=1980|publisher= Air-Britain|location= UK|isbn=0-85130-082-0}}
5. ^{{Citation| title= Under B Conditions |last= Revell |first= D.S. |edition= |year=1978|publisher= Merseyside Aviation Society|location= UK|isbn= 0-902420-24-0}}
6. ^{{cite journal|title=MODERNITY in a TRAINER Advanced Features of the Parnall 382 : Slots and Slotted Flaps|journal=Flight|date=23 March 1939|pages=284-286|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1939/1939%20-%200806.html|accessdate=1 August 2015}}