Names of the classes for PBC's VBS 2012

1. Kindy 1 – 1908 Santos Dumont Demoiselle
The Santos-Dumont Demoiselle ("Damselfly") was an early
aircraft built in France by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto
Santos-Dumont. It was a light-weight monoplane with a
wire-braced wing mounted atop an open-framework
fuselage built around a reinforced bamboo boom. The
pilot's seat was below the wing, and between the main
wheels of the undercarriage.
Teacher: Kim Cheng
Carmen Looi
Goh Wei Ling
Youth: Ethan Wong

2. Kindy 2 – 1930 Comper Swift
Teacher: Wong Nyok Ying
Foo Wee Lee
Youth: Arathi Jane
Chew Qi En
Yvonne Chin
The Comper C.L.A.7 Swift is a
British 1930s single-seat
sporting aircraft produced
by Comper Aircraft
Company Ltd of Hooton
Park, Cheshire.

3. td 1&2 1 – 1912 Blackburn Monoplane
Teacher: Miranda Sie
Paul Sie
Linda Yeoh
The Blackburn Type D, Youth: Katrina Sie
sometimes known as the
Single Seat Monoplane, was Cheryl Woon
built by Robert Blackburn at
Leeds in 1912. It was a single-
engine mid-wing
monoplane. Restored shortly
after the Second World War,
it remains part of the
Shuttleworth Collection and
is the oldest British flying
aeroplane.

4. Std 1&2 2 – 1931 Macchi MC72
Teacher: Julia Ong
Francis Yeow
Youth: Ryan Lam
Esther Tan
The Macchi M.C. 72 was an
experimental seaplane designed
and built by the Italian aircraft
company Macchi Aeronautica.
The M.C. 72 held the world speed
record for all aircraft for five years.
In 1933 and 1934, it set a world
record speed for seaplanes which
still stands to this day.

5. Std 1&2 3 – 1934 Percival Mew Gull
Teacher: Rosalind Chong
Lilian Yap
The Percival Mew Gull was a Cheong Yi-Mei
British racing aircraft of the 1930s.
It was a small, single-engine, Youth: Rebecca Chan
single-seat, low-wing monoplane
of wooden construction,
Daniel Tan
normally powered by a six- Celine Ong
cylinder de Havilland Gipsy Six
piston engine. During its racing
career it set many records and
was considered a significant,
efficient design, one that
eventually reached a top speed
of 265 mph (425 km/h) on a
modest 205 hp (153 kW) in its final
1939 form.

6. Std 3&4 1 – 1911 Nieuport Monoplane
Teacher: Laina
Tommy Yap
Youth: Eugene Ong
Timothy Mak
The Nieuport II was a mid wing
monoplane racing or sport aircraft
built by the Société Anonyme des
Établissements Nieuport between
1910 and 1914 and was noted for
its high performance using a small
two cylinder engine, and in
winning many races, primarily in
France before being used as a
trainer during World War One by
French flying schools.

7. Std 3&4 2 – 1936 Keith Rider
R-4 Schoenfeldt Firecracker
Teacher: Andrew Robless
Yew Thai
Youth: Mark Robless
Keith Rider had a new small Emily Cheh
racer at the 1936
Nationals. The racer had an 18
ft. wing span and a length of
19 ft. 6 in. It weighed 925 lbs.
empty and 1325 Ibs. loaded.
Painted a bright yellow, it
carried license number NR-
261Y, race number 70 and was
powered by a Menasco B6S
Buccaneer 489 cu. in.
displacement engine.

8. Std 3&4 3 – 1931 Bernard HV220
Teacher: Kun Chee Meng
Rebecca George
Youth: Rose Yap
Michael Francis
The H.V.220 was an all-metal
single-seat cantilever
monoplane with twin floats
and powered by a 2,200 hp
(1,641 kW) Lorraine 12Rcr
Radium inline piston engine.
The Bernard H.V.220 was a
1930s French racing seaplane
and the last attempt by
Bernard compete in the
Schneider Trophy race.

9. Std 3&4 4 – 1935 Miles M5 Sparrowhawk
The Miles M.5
Teacher: Kitty Foo
Sparrowhawk was Chow Wing Harn
a 1930s British
single-seat racing Youth: Jonathan Lim
and touring
monoplane Ng Zer Jin
designed by Miles
Aircraft Limited.

10. Std 5&6 1 – 1931 Supermarine S.6B
Teacher: Joy Chen
The Supermarine S.6B was a British
racing seaplane developed by R.J.
Anna Lim
Mitchell for the Supermarine company Youth: Pat Loh
to take part in the Schneider Trophy
competition of 1931. The S.6B Charis Wong
represented the cutting edge of
aerodynamic technology and
Mitchell's experience in designing the
Schneider Trophy floatplanes provided
him and his design team with valuable
experience in producing high-speed
aircraft, greatly contributing to the
development of the later Spitfire
fighter.

11. Std 5&6 2 – 1930 Gee Bee Sportster
Teacher: Mui Fung
Patrick Cheng Yee
Selena Tan The Gee Bee Sportsters were a
family of sports aircraft built in the
Kevin Kok United States in the early 1930s by
the Granville Brothers. They were
Youth: Victoria low-wing strut- and wire-braced
monoplanes of conventional, if
Lesley Cheong short-coupled, design, with open
cockpits and fixed, tailskid
undercarriage. During the early
1930s, the Gee Bees were among
the fastest planes of the day and
won several prestigious National
Air Races.