G-EACJ - Boulton & Paul P.6, static replica
Boulton and Paul was a long established company in Norwich, Norfolk that widely diversified into the making of prefabricated buildings, aircraft hangers and a vast array of products from cast iron carts to motorboat engines. With the arrival of World War 1 it commenced propeller and aircraft manufacturing. After the war they continued to build experimental aircraft, the P.6 was the first.
The original P.6 aircraft (X 25) was built by the company in 1918 for aerodynamic research purposes, the first flight was in November, piloted by Frank Courtney.
On 1st. May 1919, the day the Air Navigation Act came into force, it made the first official business flight in Great Britain, flying the B&P sales manager, Mr. R McWilliams, from Norwich to Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk to complete a deal and back. The pilot was Captain Brook.
The aircraft was officially registered K-120 on the 20th. May 1919, and later as G-EACJ when use by the company's sales manager, although there is no evidence that it ever carried either registration.
This static reproducing of the B&P P.6 experimental biplane was built from scratch, without the aid of original drawings, by members of the Boulton Paul Association of Wolverhampton to mark the earlier origins of the company. The propeller is slightly over-sized for the aircraft. Rare originals are not available and this one was found in the attic of premises once owner by Rippers Ltd. of Sible Headingham, the company who manufactured propellers and instrument panels during WW1. It was donated by Sudbury RAFA when they closed down.
The aircraft was the centre-piece attraction of the Smiths Actuations Systems' exhibition stand at the 2003 Paris Air Show. Metamorphosis images of the components of the P.6 were cleverly transformed into there modern Smiths Aerospace equivalents on a large screen.
The aircraft was generously gifted to the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum by the Boulton and Paul Association in January 2015.
Model: Boulton P.6
Manufacturer: Boulton and Paul
Pilot: 1
Passenger: 1
Length: 19 ft. (5.97 m)
Height: 8 ft. (2.4 m)
Wing span: 25 ft. (7.62 m)
Wing area: 235 ft.2 (21.8 m2)
Empty weight: 1,100 lb. (498 kg)
Loaded weight: 1,725 lb. (782 kg)
Engine: R.A.F. 1A air-cooled V8
Engine output: 90 hp 967 kW)
Max speed at 1,000 ft. (305 m): 90 knots (103 mph - 165 km/h)
Rate of climb: 556 ft./min. (2.82 m/sec)
Endurance: 2 hrs. 20 min.
Also registered as:
X 25
K-120
G-EACJ - Boulton & Paul P.6, static replica
Boulton and Paul was a long established company in Norwich, Norfolk that widely diversified into the making of prefabricated buildings, aircraft hangers and a vast array of products from cast iron carts to motorboat engines. With the arrival of World War 1 it commenced propeller and aircraft manufacturing. After the war they continued to build experimental aircraft, the P.6 was the first.
The original P.6 aircraft (X 25) was built by the company in 1918 for aerodynamic research purposes, the first flight was in November, piloted by Frank Courtney.
On 1st. May 1919, the day the Air Navigation Act came into force, it made the first official business flight in Great Britain, flying the B&P sales manager, Mr. R McWilliams, from Norwich to Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk to complete a deal and back. The pilot was Captain Brook.
The aircraft was officially registered K-120 on the 20th. May 1919, and later as G-EACJ when use by the company's sales manager, although there is no evidence that it ever carried either registration.
This static reproducing of the B&P P.6 experimental biplane was built from scratch, without the aid of original drawings, by members of the Boulton Paul Association of Wolverhampton to mark the earlier origins of the company. The propeller is slightly over-sized for the aircraft. Rare originals are not available and this one was found in the attic of premises once owner by Rippers Ltd. of Sible Headingham, the company who manufactured propellers and instrument panels during WW1. It was donated by Sudbury RAFA when they closed down.
The aircraft was the centre-piece attraction of the Smiths Actuations Systems' exhibition stand at the 2003 Paris Air Show. Metamorphosis images of the components of the P.6 were cleverly transformed into there modern Smiths Aerospace equivalents on a large screen.
The aircraft was generously gifted to the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum by the Boulton and Paul Association in January 2015.
Model: Boulton P.6
Manufacturer: Boulton and Paul
Pilot: 1
Passenger: 1
Length: 19 ft. (5.97 m)
Height: 8 ft. (2.4 m)
Wing span: 25 ft. (7.62 m)
Wing area: 235 ft.2 (21.8 m2)
Empty weight: 1,100 lb. (498 kg)
Loaded weight: 1,725 lb. (782 kg)
Engine: R.A.F. 1A air-cooled V8
Engine output: 90 hp 967 kW)
Max speed at 1,000 ft. (305 m): 90 knots (103 mph - 165 km/h)
Rate of climb: 556 ft./min. (2.82 m/sec)
Endurance: 2 hrs. 20 min.
Also registered as:
X 25
K-120