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Fairey Aviation Co: Gordon and Seal

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1931. Fairey Gordon General Purpose Machine. (KI743).
November 1932. Fairey Gordon as a seaplane.(Flight 1932/11/17).
November 1932. Fairey Gordon (J9154) (Flight 1932/11/17).
March 1934. Fairey Seal - advert for British Aluminium Co.

Note: This is a sub-section of Fairey Aviation Co

Gordon & Seal

1930

Biplane torpedo bomber, reconnaissance float-plane, carrier-borne torpedo bomber aircraft, operated in the 1930s. The Seal (the FAA version) was derived, like the Fairey Gordon from the Fairey IIIF. To enable the Fairey Seal to be launched by catapult from warships it was able to be equipped with floats. Powered by a 525 hp Armstrong Siddeley Motors Panther IIa radial engine.

163 Mk1 types built and 90 Seals.


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