Lowe Marlburian

The Marlburian was a two-seat braced monoplane powered by a Gnome rotary engine.^[1] It was built during 1921 by Lowe at Heaton near Newcastle upon Tyne.^[1] The seventh aircraft built by a 20-year-old Lowe, it took 840 hours to build the aircraft, with everything but the engine, wheels, propeller and instruments being made from raw materials.^[2] The two occupants sat side by side. It was registered G-EBEX on 7 October 1922, the aircraft crashed on 25 November 1922.^[1]

Data from ^[2] Flight

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m)
• Wingspan: 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
• Height: 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m)
• Wing area: 107 sq ft (9.9 m²)
• Empty weight: 450 lb (204 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Gnome rotary engine , 60 hp (45 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn)
• Cruise speed: 85 mph (137 km/h, 74 kn) ^[3]
• Stall speed: 33 mph (53 km/h, 29 kn) ^[3]

• Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 - Volume 3. Putnam & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-370-10014-X.
• Riding, Richard (June 1987). "British pre-war ultra-lights – No. 60". Aeroplane Monthly. Vol. 15, no. 6. pp. 332–333. ISSN 0143-7240.