Hants and Sussex Aviation
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Hants and Sussex Aviation Ltd was an aircraft manufacturer based at Portsmouth Airport, Hampshire, England. It is still in business in the aircraft components industry.
In 1949, HSA designed its first aircraft. This was the H&S Herald
. The Herald was a single-seat ultra-light aircraft with a fixed tricycle undercarriage and powered by a 40 h.p. Aeronca-JAP J-99 piston engine. The Herald made flight tests at Portsmouth Airport
in 1953, but these revealed that it had a poor performance and the aircraft was grounded and dismantled in 1955.
HSA were contracted in 1964 to build one of the pre-World One flying replica aircraft for the film Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
. HSAs aircraft was the Antoinette IV
which they powered by a de Havilland
Gypsy I engine.
and Pratt and Whitney PT-6 turboprop engines. HSA still carry on trading within the aviation support industry in 2008.
On 16 January 1950 HSA purchased six Lancastrian Mk. CII as surplus airframes from the RAF (Serial Numbers VL980, VM702, VM725, VM726, VM727, VM735), their post service histories are unknown as are the civilian call signs.
Formation
Hants and Sussex Aviation (HSA) was formed in the early 1940s and initially worked on component manufacture and repair for military aircraft.Aircraft construction
Hants and Sussex Aviation Herald
The Hants and Sussex Aviation Herald was a British ultra-light single seat aircraft of the 1940s.The Hants and Sussex Aviation Herald was a British ultra-light single seat aircraft of the 1940s....
. The Herald was a single-seat ultra-light aircraft with a fixed tricycle undercarriage and powered by a 40 h.p. Aeronca-JAP J-99 piston engine. The Herald made flight tests at Portsmouth Airport
Portsmouth Airport (UK)
Portsmouth Airport was situated at the northeast corner of Portsea Island on the south coast of England and was one of the last remaining commercial grass runway airports in the United Kingdom.-Location:...
in 1953, but these revealed that it had a poor performance and the aircraft was grounded and dismantled in 1955.
HSA were contracted in 1964 to build one of the pre-World One flying replica aircraft for the film Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, Or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes is a 1965 British comedy film starring Stuart Whitman and directed and co-written by Ken Annakin...
. HSAs aircraft was the Antoinette IV
Antoinette IV
|-See also:* Antoinette III* Antoinette V* Antoinette VI* Antoinette VII* Antoinette military monoplane-References:* World Aircraft Information Files. Brightstar Publishing: London. File 889 Sheet 63.* *...
which they powered by a de Havilland
De Havilland
The de Havilland Aircraft Company was a British aviation manufacturer founded in 1920 when Airco, of which Geoffrey de Havilland had been chief designer, was sold to BSA by the owner George Holt Thomas. De Havilland then set up a company under his name in September of that year at Stag Lane...
Gypsy I engine.
Aircraft sub-contract work
HSA thereafter concentrated on work on the overhaul, modification and repair of aircraft engines and components. In late 1976 the firm advertised its work on the overhaul and repair of Continental piston engines for aircraft. By September 1986 HSA were overhauling and modifying Rolls-Royce DartRolls-Royce Dart
|-See also:-Bibliography:* Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9-External links:*...
and Pratt and Whitney PT-6 turboprop engines. HSA still carry on trading within the aviation support industry in 2008.
On 16 January 1950 HSA purchased six Lancastrian Mk. CII as surplus airframes from the RAF (Serial Numbers VL980, VM702, VM725, VM726, VM727, VM735), their post service histories are unknown as are the civilian call signs.