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COMPER AIRCRAFT CO LTD. |
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The company was formed at Hooton Park, Cheshire, on
March 14,1929 by Fit. Lt. Nicholas Comper and others.
Formerly with Airco, Comper had also been responsible
for the Cranwell Light Aeroplane Club series of amateurbuilt
lightplanes, the C.L.A. 2,3, and 4A. The company's
first product was the C.L.A. 7 Swift, a single-seat high-wing
sporting aircraft, which was first flown in spring 1930
and built between 1930 and 1934 (one was owned by the
Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII). The company moved
to Heston, Middlesex, in 1933; the one-off three-seat
Mouse and single-seat Streak monoplanes were built in
that year, followed by a single Kite two-seat tourer developed
from the Streak. In 1934 the company closed, to reregister
as
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