title: Parmentier Wee Mite
text: # Parmentier Wee Mite
  
  The Parmentier Wee Mite (sometimes Noel Wee Mite) was a British two-seat, parasol monoplane designed by Cecil Noel and first flown in Guernsey in 1933.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The Wee Mite was a parasol monoplane with a welded steel frame with wooden wings and a fixed landing gear with a tailwheel. Designed by Cecil Noel and built by him and Harold James Le Parmentier it was initial powered by a 30 hp (22 kW) ABC Scorpion and first flown at Vazon Bay, Guernsey on 10 April 1933. The test flights or hops were not promising and after a forced landing and a damaged fuselage, the aircraft was rebuilt with a 40 hp (30 kW) British Salmson AD.9 engine and a lengthened fuselage by 18 in (46 cm). It was successfully flown around Guernsey in a 50 minute flight on 15 September 1933.
  
  It was registered as G-ACRL to Parmentier on 21 April 1934. It was dismantled and stored in 1936.
  
  ## Specification (Salmson engine)
  
  Data from Jackson
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one
  * Capacity: one passenger
  * Length: 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
  * Wingspan: 31 ft 0 in (9.45 m)
  * Empty weight: 650 lb (295 kg)
  * Gross weight: 970 lb (440 kg)
  * Powerplant: 1 × British Salmson AD.9 radial engine, 40 hp (30 kW)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 92 mph (148 km/h, 80 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 75 mph (121 km/h, 65 kn)
  