Gloster Aircraft Co: Gannet

1925.

Note: This is a sub-section of Gloster Aircraft Co Aircraft

The Gannet, biplane was designed and produced by the Gloucestershire Aircraft Company.

Machines of this class, in order to fulfill their function properly, must have been able to accommodate themselves within a narrow compass not only with a view to storage in a small shed but also to permit of their transportation along narrow country roads. The Gannet like others met this requirement by the provision of facilities for folding its wings. In order to reduce the overall width when the wings are folded, the hinges were placed near the middle ordinate of the wind cross-section. The trailing edges of the upper wings were thus caused to come close together, the rear portion of the central wing section being hinged upwards to permit the movement. The lower wings folded similarly beneath the fuselage. With the wings folded, the machine could be placed in an ordinary garage.

A gravity feed petrol tank holding 2 gallons, without pumps or other apparatus likely to develop trouble, was fixed in the upper plane. The engine was a twin-cylinder inverted Blackburn of 649 cm displacement, developing a maximum of 25 brake horse-power. The machine had a top speed of 72 mph at ground level, a cruising speed of 64 miles and a landing speed of 35, a total weight of 460 lb. and a useful load of 168 lb.

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