Tipsy Nipper
The Tipsy Nipper T.66 is an aerobatic light aircraft, developed in 1952 by Ernest Oscar Tips of Avions Fairey at Gosselies in Belgium. It was designed to be easy to fly, cheap to buy and cheap to maintain. It was designed for both factory production and homebuild. "Nipper" was the nickname of Ernest Tips' first grandchild.
| T.66 Nipper | |
|---|---|
| Swiss Tipsy Nipper at Wroughton, Wiltshire, in July 1992 | |
| Role | Single-seat sporting monoplane |
| Designer | Ernest Oscar Tips |
| First flight | 1957 |
| Primary user | private owners |
| Number built | 110 |
The first aircraft flew on 12 December 1957, with test pilot Bernard Neefs. It featured an open cockpit and had a length of 4.56 m (15.0 ft), a span of 6.0 m (19.7 ft) and a range of 400 km (249 mi), extendable with tip tanks to 720 km (447 mi).
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