Mini-Hawk Tiger-Hawk Explained

The Mini-Hawk TH.E.01 Tiger-Hawk was a single-seat sport aircraft designed in the United States in the early 1970s and marketed for home assembly.^[1] It was a conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane with a cockpit enclosed by a bubble canopy.^[2] The wings were detachable for ease of storage or towing and could be rigged in around ten minutes. The undercarriage was of fixed, tricycle type with spats fitted to the prototype.^[3] It was an all-metal construction, and the aircraft could be built from plans or a kit.

References

• Book: Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78 . Jane's Publishing . London .
• Levy. Howard. Avions gadgets aux Etats-Unis, le "mini-hawk". Le album de fanatique de l'Aviation . May 1972. 33. 27–28. 0757-4169. fr. American Gadgets Aircraft: The Mini-hawk.
• Book: Taylor, Michael J. H. . Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . 1989 . Studio Editions . London .

Notes and References

1. Taylor 1989, 676
2. Plane & Pilot Sports Planes Yearbook. 1971. Meet the Mini-Hawk. Bob Said.
3. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, 548