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PARNALL AIRCRAFT, LTD., of Yate, Gloucestershire,
have designed an interesting little military general-purpose
type developed from their Heck civil two-seater described
in the appropriate section of this issue. A Wolseley Scorpio
II engine of 260 rated h.p. was originally specified and was
estimated to give a maximum speed of 199 m.p.h. at 8,000 ft.
The following alternative armament installations are provided
for: rear gun and two front guns; rear Lewis gun and two
120-lb. bombs; or rear Lewis, gun and eight 20-lb. bombs.
The fixed front guns are installed in the wings. Dual control
can be fitted in a very short time, so the machine would lend
itself to advanced training in a large air force, or could be
used purely as a fighting or bombing type by impecunious
buyers.
Schneiderman said:This is very soon after George Parnall sold his company,George Parnall and co, to Nash and Thomson and was merged with Hendy to become Parnall Aircraft Ltd. George Parnall and co had not built an aircraft of their design for some time (they were carrying out Hawker Demon turret conversions) so I guess the new management were keen to promote the design capabilities of the new company, and a good way to do this was to produce speculative designs based around Hendy's products. I would suggest that this sketch is just such a concept and the Heck MkIII, built as a trainer to spec. T.1/37, may have started the same way.
hesham said:..,also Parnall
had a heavy fighter Project of 1938,led to develop Type-381 ?.