Air-Britain Archive 1994-04 / Extracts

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AICX

Two views of the only Wren Goldcrest G-AICX, seen without markings. There is no evidence that it flew successfully, if at all. See 23.9.48
Flight September 23rd 1948 *p.378 - In a survey on ultralight aircraft, it was reported that work on the Wren Goldcrest had been unavoidably suspended at Carlisle but not yet abandoned.
F; 23.9.48 *p.378 - The Wren Goldcrest G-AICX was built to the design of R.G.Carr at Kirklington, Carlisle. It appears to have been completed (see photos) and is said to have flown in 1947 but was then abandoned prior to this announcement. A low-wing monoplane with a 25hp 2-cyl inverted in-line Scott Squirrel engine, it used every possible simplification to reduce costs. There were no flaps or slots and the all-wood aircraft had a span of only 23 ft. Production aircraft were intended to have a 30hp 4-cyl horizontally opposed engine which the Wren Aircraft Company was to design and produce. Cost was to be £370 but the programme was dropped, according to the company because of the difficulty in obtaining aircraft materials, and the prototype was later burnt. If it flew, no details of performance were ever released, but the estimates for the production version were: max speed 98 mph, cruise 75-80 mph, initial rate of climb 450 ft/min, ceiling 15,000 ft.