Clutton-Tabenor FRED

FRED
Being prepared for flight at Andrewsfield Airport, Essex, 1989
Role	Homebuilt monoplane
Manufacturer	Clutton-Tabenor
Designer	Eric Clutton
First flight	1963
Number built	about 30-40
Unit cost	US$50 (plans only, 2015)

The Clutton-Tabenor FRED is a British homebuilt aircraft design introduced in 1963.

The prototype FRED (Flying Runabout Experimental Design) was designed and built by E.C. Clutton and E.W. Sherry between 1957 and 1963. The aircraft, registered G-ASZY, first flew at Meir aerodrome, Stoke-on-Trent on 3 November 1963. It was a single-seat wood and fabric parasol monoplane powered originally by a Triumph 5T motorcycle engine. By 1968 it was flying with a converted Volkswagen engine. The Continental A-65 65 hp (48 kW) four stroke powerplant has also been used. The plans were made available to allow the aircraft to be homebuilt and thirty to forty examples have been built around the world.

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