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Gloster Mars I 1921 |
Designed by H. P. Folland, the Mars I or 'Bamel' was a single-seat racing biplane: the greater part of the ... read more ... |
In 1923 Gloster built a two-seat private-venture research aircraft which became known as the Grouse, to carry out flight evaluation ... read more ... |
Gloster Grebe 1923 |
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During early 1923 the Mars I was given extensively modified wings, had the fuel and water header tanks transferred within ... read more ... |
Gloster I 1923 |
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Gloster Gamecock 1924 |
In July 1924, Gloucestershire Aircraft began work on an
improved Grebe single-seat fighter to Specification
37/23 and intended to be powered by ... read more ... |
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Gloster Gorcock 1925 |
Gloucestershire Aircraft's first military aircraft of all-metal
construction was the third prototype Gorcock
single-seat fighter resulting from a May 1924 Air Ministry
contract ... read more ... |
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Gloster Guan 1926 |
The Guan single-seat high-altitude fighter was intended
primarily to test the application of turbo-supercharged
engines to fighters, and three prototypes were
ordered at ... read more ... |
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Gloster Goldfinch 1927 |
The second all-metal fighter designed by H P Folland,
the Goldfinch was ordered in January 1926 as an all-metal
version of the ... read more ... |
During 1926, in which year Gloucestershire Aircraft
changed its name to Gloster Aircraft,
the company was approached by the Japanese Nakajima
concern, which ... read more ... |
Gloster Gambet 1927 |
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Gloster Gnatsnapper 1928 |
The Gnatsnapper was designed to the requirements of
Specification N.21/26 calling for a single-seat shipboard
fighter of all-metal construction and powered by ... read more ... |
The somewhat embarrassing situation caused by the introduction into service of the Fairey Fox day bomber, made it imperative that ... read more ... |
Gloster Gauntlet 1929 |
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An
improved version of the high-performance Gauntlet, the Gladiator represented the pinnacle of biplane development in Britain. With the Gloster SS.37, ... read more ... |
Gloster "Gladiator" 1934 |
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Gloster F.5/34 1937 |
The last of the Gloster fighter designs created by H P
Folland, the single-seat all-metal cantilever monoplane
evolved to Specification F.5/34 (which ... read more ... |
Designed by W G Carter to meet the demands of Specification
F.9/37 calling for a twin-engined single-seater,
this Gloster fighter was of ... read more ... |
Gloster F.9/37 1939 |
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Gloster G-40 1941 |
On 12 April 1937 Frank Whittle started the world's first turbojet aircraft engine, developed from his original ideas and produced ... read more ... |
The Meteor was designed to meet Specification F.9/40, the first such British specification to be issued for a combat aircraft ... read more ... |
Gloster Meteor 1943 |
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Gloster Trent-Meteor 1945 |
The Gloster Trent-Meteor has a unique place in aviation history as the aircraft which pioneered turboprop power, and this type ... read more ... |
Late in 1944, Gloster began construction of an all-metal
single-seat fighter designed around the RB.41 centrifugal-
flow turbojet being developed by Rolls-Royce ... read more ... |
Gloster E.1/44 1948 |
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Gloster Javelin 1951 |
Designed to meet the requirements of Specification
F.4/48 for a two-seat twin-engined all-weather interceptor
fighter, the Javelin was of tailed-delta configuration
and the ... read more ... |
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