The Dart Flittermouse is a British

United Kingdom

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 single-seat ultralight designed by A R Weyl and built by Dart Aircraft Limited

Dart Aircraft

Dart Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer during the 1930s. Its facilities were located at 29 High Street North, Dunstable, Bedfordshire.-History:...

 at Dunstable, England.

Design and development

The Flittermouse was a high-wing braced pusher monoplane powered by a 25hp Scott Squirrel

Scott Flying Squirrel

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 piston engine with a pusher propeller. An open frame carried the tail unit. One aircraft was built and registered G-AELZ

In 1938 the rear skid was removed and the main landing gear moved back and a castoring nose wheel was fitted. After a number of private owners it was scrapped at Blackbushe Airport

Blackbushe Airport

Blackbushe Airport , in the civil parish of Yateley in the north-east corner of the English county of Hampshire, comprises an airfield, much reduced in size since its heyday, a British Car Auctions site, a kart track owned by Camberley Kart Club, and a small business park...

 in 1951.

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