Hinkler Ibis

The Hinkler Ibis was a British two-seat wooden amphibian monoplane designed and built by the Australian aviator Bert Hinkler while working in the United Kingdom.^[1][2]

Hinkler Ibis
Role	Two-seat monoplane
National origin	United Kingdom
Designer	H. J. Hinkler
First flight	1930
Retired	1959
Number built	1

Design and development

Hinkler designed and built the Ibis with the assistance of R.H. Bound at Hamble Aerodrome in Hampshire.^[2] The wing was designed by Basil Henderson and built by Hendy Aircraft at Shoreham Airport.^[2] It was a two-seat high-wing monoplane made of wood and powered by two 40 hp (30 kW) Salmson AD.9 radials.^[2] The two engines were strut mounted back-to-back above the fuselage, one driving a pusher propeller, the other a tractor propeller.^[2] The Ibis registered G-AAIS was first flown from Hamble in May 1930 and later stored in the garden of Hinkler's house in Southampton.^[2] According to the aircraft's registration with the Civil Aviation Authority, it was deregistered in December 1933.^[1] In 1953, it was found in a semi-derelict condition in the garden but was scrapped in 1959.^[2]