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 | name= Parnall 382
 | image=Parnall382.jpg
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}}{{Infobox Aircraft Type
 | type= Two-seat [[monoplane]] [[Trainer (aircraft)|trainer]]
 | national origin= [[United Kingdom]]
 | manufacturer= [[Parnall Aircraft]] Ltd
 | designer= Basil Henderson
 | first flight= 1939
 | introduced=
 | retired= 
 | status=
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 | number built=1
 | developed from= [[Parnall Heck]]
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The '''Parnall 382''' was a 1930s [[United Kingdom|British]] single-engined [[monoplane]] [[Trainer (aircraft)|trainer aircraft]] with two open cockpits, designed and developed by [[Parnall Aircraft]] Ltd.

==Design and development==
The Parnall 382 was designed to meet UK [[Air Ministry Specification]] T.1/37 for an 'ab initio' trainer, and was also known as the [[Parnall Heck]] III. Its competitors were the [[Heston T.1/37]] and the [[Miles M.15]]. The [[Airspeed]] AS.36, [[General Aircraft]] GAL.32 and [[Percival]] P.20 were also proposed against specification T.1/37, but not accepted or built. None of the designs was selected for production orders; it has been suggested<ref name=Lukins>{{Citation| title= The Book of Miles aircraft|last= Lukins |first= A.H. |author2=Russell, D.A. |edition= |year=1945|publisher= Harborough|location= Leicester|isbn= |page=52 }}</ref> that the required performance could not be achieved within the constraints of the Specification.

Construction was primarily wooden, with plywood-skinned spruce frames. The cantilever oleo-pneumatic fixed main undercarriage legs were faired with spats. The undercarriage, tail unit and outer wing panels were adapted from the [[Parnall Heck]] 2C. The propeller was a [[de Havilland]] fixed-pitch type. Student and tutor sat in open, tandem cockpits, but the rear cockpit was later enclosed.<ref name='Jackson 1974'>{{Citation |last= Jackson, A.J.  |title= British Civil Aircraft Since 1919 Volume 3  |publisher= Putnam & Company Ltd  |location= UK  |date= 1974  |page= 91 |isbn=0-370-10014-X}}</ref><ref name='AP Nov 1965'>{{Citation |last= Lewis, Peter  |title= Air Pictorial  |publisher= Rolls House Publishing Co Ltd  |location= UK  |date= November 1965  |page= 403 |postscript= .}}</ref>

==Operational history==
One example of the Parnall 382 was built by Parnall Aircraft Ltd as a private venture project. The first flight was by G.A.C Warren at [[Yate]] Aerodrome in February 1939, with B conditions registration J1. In September 1939 it was registered G-AFKF. In June 1941, as the Parnall Heck III, it was allocated serial R9138 under contract 23979/39.<ref name=Halley>{{Citation| title= Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 |last= Halley |first= James J. |edition= |year=1980|publisher= Air-Britain|location= UK|isbn=0-85130-082-0}}</ref> In trials at the [[Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment]] (A&AEE) at [[Martlesham Heath]], it was assessed as pleasant to fly and generally good as a trainer. Notwithstanding a few modifications, no order was forthcoming, and it was SOC (struck off charge) on 5 March 1943. It was allocated the serial 3600M<ref name=Revell>{{Citation| title= Under B Conditions |last= Revell |first= D.S. |edition= |year=1978|publisher= Merseyside Aviation Society|location= UK|isbn= 0-902420-24-0}}</ref> and ended its days as an [[Air Training Corps]] instructional airframe at Jones' West Monmouth School, Pontypool.

==Specifications==
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|ref=British Civil Aircraft Since 1919<ref name='Jackson 1974'/><ref name=Flight230339>{{cite journal|title=MODERNITY in a TRAINER Advanced Features of the Parnall 382 : Slots and Slotted Flaps|journal=Flight|date=23 March 1939|pages=284-286|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1939/1939%20-%200806.html|accessdate=1 August 2015}}</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:British military trainer aircraft 1930–1939]]