Comper Swift

what is it?

The Comper C.L.A.7 Swift is a British single-seat sporting aircraft designed and produced by the Comper Aircraft Company. It was the company's first aircraft. The Swift was designed shortly after Nicholas Comper’s departure from the Royal Air Force to focus on the project.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 7.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 225 km/htop speed
• size 447 kgmax take-off weight
• built 45made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 96 years ago, in 1930.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1930

number built

45

role

single-seat sporting aircraft

makers

Comper Aircraft Company

engines

1× Pobjoy R

crew

1

length

5.4 m

wingspan

7.3 m

height

1.6 m

max take-off weight

447 kg

top speed

225 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,706 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.