meantime paved the way towards commercialisation of the SK-105 which finally saw the company Sky Aircraft SAS based at Chambley-Former aerodrome (LFJY) in Lorraine (Metz region) in 2008. Sky Aircraft SAS was put into administration in October 2012 and liquidated in April 2013. Aircraft designs Britten-Norman BN-1 Finibee Clark-Norman Triloader proposal for a three-engined transport aircraft With an engine configuration almost identical to that of the Trislander but with three 45 kW(600 hp) turboprops. Preliminary performance figures indicated a take-off run at sea level of just ; long-range cruise speed of ; and a range of with a payload of . The large hold could have accommodated up to five LD3 containers. Side doors were proposed for palletised cargo and a front-loading door for containers and bulky goods. Wingspan was and length . NAC Fieldmaster Croplease Firemaster 65 NAC Freelance NDN Firecracker Britten-Norman Nymph Britten Norman Islander Britten-Norman Trislander Fairey-Britten-Norman Mainlander The aircraft was designed to carry 100 passengers or ten tonnes of freight or vehicles over at . At the maximum take-off weight of and sea level, ISA plus , the unfactored take-off distance to is . It was to be powered by three Rolls-Royce Dart RDa7s rated at 2,280 t.e.h.p.(wet) arranged in a layout similar to that of the company's Trislander design. GECI Skylander The Norman Weekender, was a folding-wing two-seat biplane designed to fit in a box towed on a trailer, ready to fly in a few minutes. In 1995 Norman produced a design patent for a STOL aircraft of swept wing planform with forward cockpit and pylon mounted propeller of larger than normal diameter with fixed downwardly inclined thrust line. The wing root leading edge could include a locker for luggage, or a compartment for an injured person on a stretcher. Aeronortec Patent Design GB 2280882 Personal life Desmond Norman married Anne Fogg Elliot in 1956. They had two sons before their marriage was dissolved in 1964. In 1965 he married Boel Holmsen (née Suenson) and had two sons, one daughter, and one stepdaughter. Norman died of a heart attack at Basingstoke railway station, in Hampshire on 13 November 2002. References 1929 births 2002 deaths People educated at Eton College Younger sons of baronets Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century English businesspeople English aerospace engineers Fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society People educated at Twyford School 20th-century British engineers Portsmouth Abbey School alumni