Chiltern Production
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Type Description and Production Data
D.W.1 Variants
D.W.1
Single seat, low wing light sporting monoplane with an all-wood airframe. The fuselage was a semi-monocoque ply-covered structure with spruce longerons, of rectangular cross section with a rounded three-ply top fairing.The wing featured two box-section spars. and was constructed in three parts: a centre part with parallel leading and trailing edges, with the undercarriage attached to it, and two outer parts, tapered and are detachable from the centre part. Only the control surfaces and the trailing edge of the wing behind the rear spar were fabric covered. The wing also carried trailing edge split flaps. The undercarriage was enclosed in trouser fairings and a cabin top could be fitted. One 32 h.p. Carden Ford powerplant.
In 1997, production restarted as a homebuilt aircraft, with 6 aircraft built by the end of 2008. As of February 2009, drawings had been issed for another 51 aircraft. Postwar homebuilt aircraft featured a variety of powerplants, including Volkswagen, 55 h.p. Lycoming O-145 and 65 h.p. Walter Mikron III.
In 1997, production restarted as a homebuilt aircraft, with 6 aircraft built by the end of 2008. As of February 2009, drawings had been issed for another 51 aircraft. Postwar homebuilt aircraft featured a variety of powerplants, including Volkswagen, 55 h.p. Lycoming O-145 and 65 h.p. Walter Mikron III.
D.W.1A
Similar to the D.W.1 with 44 h.p. Train powerplant. It featured tubular steel engine bearers, rather than the wooden ones of the D.W.1.
| D.W.1 Specification | |||||||||
| Span | Length | Height | Wing Area | Empty Wt | Max AUW | Cruise Speed | Maximum Speed | Range | Service Ceiling |
| 24 ft | 18 ft | 4 ft 10 in | 77 sq ft | 398 lb | 640 lb | 100 mph/ 87 kn | 112 mph/ 97 kn | 500 mi | |
| 7.32 m | 5.49 m | 1.47 m | 7.15 m2 | 181 kg | 290 kg | 161 kph | 180 kph | 805 km | |
Production Details - Chilton Production
| C/n | Initial Registration |
Type | Notes |
| 5 aircraft built by Chilton Aircraft, Hungerford, Berkshire. Built between January 1937 and April 1939. | |||
| D.W.1/1 | G-AESZ | D.W.1 | To Chilton Aircraft, Hungerford, Berkshire. To J. A. Talbot, Plymouth, November 1938. |
| D.W.1/2 | G-AFGH | D.W.1 | To Chilton Aircraft, Hungerford, Berkshire. To Ranald Porteous, Derby, September 1948. |
| D.W.1/3 | G-AFGI | D.W.1 | To Frank Dawson-Paul, Broxbourne. |
| D.W.1A/1 | G-AFSV | D.W.1A | To Chilton Aircraft, Hungerford, Berkshire. |
| D.W.1A/2 | G-BDLV | D.W.1A | Last original. Construction of the aircraft was begun, but further work discontinued due to the outbreak of WW2. Registration reserved by Roy Nerou in 1975 with the intention of completing its construction, but eventually abandoned. |
| Total Production 4 | |||
| Total Production (Not Completed) 1 | |||
Production Details - Homebuilt Production Table
| C/n | Initial Registration |
Status at 2024 |
Notes |
| 81 aircraft in various stages of construction as of 2011. | |||
| Under Constn | Drawings issued October '90 to David Howell, Orange, N.S.W. Australia. Under construction - 65 hp Walter Mikron III engine as of 2011. | ||
| PFA 225-12256 | G-DWIA | Built | Built by David Elliott, Horsham, West Sussex. Drawings issued April 1992, completed 2018. |
| PFA 225-12374 | G-DWIB | Under Constn | Built by John Arthur Jennings, Dereham. Drawings issued October '92. |
| PFA 225-12038 | G-CDXU | Built | Built by Roger William Burrows, Thetford. Drawings issued April 1993, completed 2009. |
| DHG-2 | C-GIST | Built | Built by Don Giffin, Canada, 1980 -'91. To G-CMNZ. |
| PFA 225-12615 | G-BWGJ | Built | Built by Timothy John Harrison, Lewes, East Sussex. Drawings issued November '93, completed 1995. |
| PFA 225-12726 | G-JUJU | Built | Originally started in April '94 by Paul Humphrey, but completed by David Charles Reid, Haveringland, Norwich. |
| PFA 225-13893 | G-DWRU | Built | Built by Kristen James Steele, Old Sarum, Salisbury. Drawings issued July 2001, completed in 2017. |
| PFA 225-14454 | G-DWCB | Built | Built by Christopher Michael Barnes, Dickleburgh, Diss. Drawings issued July 2005, completed in 2016. |
| LAA 225-15750 | G-DWSR | Built | Steven John Rickett, Lincoln |
| Under Constn | Drawings issued November '93 to Paul Conway, British Columbia, Canada. Under construction as of 2011. | ||
| Under Constn | Drawings issued September '94 to David Cooper-Maguire, Haslemere, Surrey. Under construction as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued April '95 to Nicholas Melvin, Ohio, U.S.A. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Under Constn | Drawings issued September '97 to Nicholas Jones, Sidcup, Kent. Under construction as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued September '97 to Neil Lynch, Selby, North Yorkshire. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued November '98 to Jack Walters, Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued December '99 to Martin Frankland, South Wirral, Cheshire. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued July '01 to Kristen Steele, Weymouth, Dorset. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued July '01 to Kurt Grosse, Tadley, Hampshire. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Under Constn | Drawings issued March '02 to Gary Steadman, Alberta, Canada. Under construction as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued November '02 to Frank Deeth, Heathmont, Australia. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued March '03 to Dennis Willerton, Hollister, California, U.S.A. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued March '03 to Michael Maniatis, New York, New York, U.S.A. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued March '03 to Rick Poe, Camarillo, California, U.S.A. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued March '03 to Kevin Langford, Darfield, New Zealand. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued August '03 to George Henderson, Collinsville, Illinois, U.S.A. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Under Constn | Drawings issued February '04 to Greg Cardinal, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. Under construction as of 2011. | ||
| ZK-ADJ | Built | Drawings issued February '04 to Alan Meikle, Auckland, New Zealand. | |
| Project | Drawings issued December '04 to Jim Pavitt, Welsford, New Zealand. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued December '04 to Paul Wells, Alloa, Scotland. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued January '05 to Charles Humphrey, Texas, U.S.A. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued March '05 to Pierre Benoot, Morlanwelz, Belgium. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued March '05 to Gérard & Nicole Caubergs, Awirs - Flémalle, Belgium. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued June '05 to Vince Reed, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued May '06 to Richard Audren, Le Perray en Yvelines, Nr. Paris, France. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued May '06 to Michael Adam, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued August '06 to Hervé Ribet, Yzeux, Nr. Amiens, France. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued August '06 to Emmanuel Parrein, Quittebeuf, France. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued January '07 to Clarke W. Tate, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued March '07 to Mike Fleming, Rangiora, New Zealand. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued June '07 to Mike Ashby, Pendle Hill, NSW, Australia. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued July '07 to Bruce Hotz, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued August '07 to Rory Ritchie, Hartford, Cheshire. Project as of 2011. | ||
| C-FDTN | Under Constn | Drawings issued September '07 to Rick Rickards, Caledonia, Ontario, Canada. Project as of 2011. | |
| Project | Drawings issued November '07 to Roger Knights, Thirsk, North Yorkshire. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued November '07 to John Weatherseed, Cheltenham, Ontario, Canada. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued April '08 to Nicolas Lamy, Bretingy sur Orge, France. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued July '08 to Tommy Halden Jahr, N 2033 Åsgreina, Norway. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued July '08 to Jerry Meddick, Mantua, New Jersey, U.S.A. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued Nov '08 to Tim Cislo, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued Nov '08 to Michael English, Canberra City, Australia. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued Nov '08 to Lloyd Arms, San Angelo, Texas, U.S.A. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued Nov '08 to Alain Gourio, Saint André de Roquelongue, France. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued Jan '09 to Antoni Vidal, Manacor, Illes Balears, Spain. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued Feb '09 to Geoff Bond, Temora, NSW 2666, Australia. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued Feb '09 to Jim Cresswell, Lymington, Hampshire. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued Feb '09 to Greg Vaughan, Bungendore, NSW 2621, Australia. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued March '09 to Kevin Golden, Harrisonville, MO 64701, U. S. A. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued March '09 to Kim Jones, Monash, ACT 2904, Australia. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued July '09 to Phil Jenkins, Redditch, Worcestershire. Project as of 2011. | ||
| ZK-CHT | Built | Drawings issued August '09 to John Gray, North Canterbury, New Zealand. First flew 2022. | |
| Project | Drawings issued September '09 to Marcial Amor , Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued September '09 to Colin Cheese, Repton, Derbyshire. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued October '09 to Elias Martinez, Madrid, Spain. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued October '09 to Ken Fern, Mickleover, Derbyshire. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued October '09 to Josu & Joseba Gorbea-Isusi, Biscay, Spain. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued Nov.'09 to David Prentice, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued Dec.'09 to Meir Reifer, Tel Aviv, Israel. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued Dec.'09 to Nick Chittenden, Liskeard, Cornwall. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued Jan '10 to Roger Hinchcliffe, Weldon, Northants. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued Feb.'10 to Steve Rogers, Calne, Wiltshire. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued Feb.'10 to Jiri Skarka, Chomutov 3, Czech Republic. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued March'10 to Andrew Stanley, Worlingham, Beccles, Suffolk. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued June'10 to Martin Waghorn, Sunbury On Thames, Middlesex. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued July'10 to Graeme O'Neill, Canberra, Australia. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued Jan '11 to Dr. Thomas Taylor, Murten, Switzerland. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued Feb '11 to Dennis K Williams, Polk City, Florida, U. S. A. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued March '11 to Slava Harlamor, Pleasanton, Texas, U. S. A. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued March '11 to Gunnar Olsen, Siljan, Norway. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued May '11 to Brian McDonald, Ohio 45656, U.S.A. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Project | Drawings issued May '11 to Airy-Hugues Millet, Le Coudray, France. Project as of 2011. | ||
| Total Completed 10 | |||
| Total Under Construction 8 | |||
| Total, Project Status Only 63 | |||
D.W.2
Two seat low-wing Monoplane. One Cirrus Minor or Gipsy Major powerplant.
Production Details
| C/n | Initial Registration |
Notes |
| Registration reserved for prototype but not built. | ||
| DW2/1 | G-AFSW | Construction of the aircraft was begun, with fuselage and wings partially completed. Further work discontinued due to the outbreak of WW2. |
| Total (Incomplete) 1 | ||
Production References
- http://www.chilton-aircraft.co.uk/index.html - no longer active, but see https://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/images/phocagallery/HHA_Archives/20070531%20Chilton%20Aircraft%20-%20Roy%20Nerou.pdf
- http://www.peterandsusan.co.uk/laa/