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Old 22nd Jan 2019, 08:23
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sablatnic
 
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The lowest powered aeroplane I can think of is the English Electric Wren from 1921, powered by a 7.5 hp ABC engine.
One still exists, on Shuttleworth, and it is still flying, but these days accelerated to flying speed by a bungee cord.
I believe that the first Birdman was powered by about the same amount of power, but later they used 15 hp engines.
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