Globe Swift

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The Globe Swift, also advertised as the "All Metal Swift", was a light, two-seat sport monoplane of the post-World War II period. Designed by R.S. Johnson in 1940, the design was purchased by John Kennedy, president of the Globe Medicine Company, to be built by his new Globe Aircraft Company. World War II interrupted their plans, however, and the 85 hp GC-1A Swift received its type certificate on May 7, 1946.

Later that year, the Swift received a more powerful engine of 125 hp, making it the GC-1B. Globe, together with TEMCO, built 833 GC-1Bs in six months. Globe was outpacing sales of the Swift, however, and did not have enough orders to sell all of the aircraft being built. To make up for the financial loss, Globe was forced to sell the Swift production line to TEMCO in 1947, which built 260 more aircraft before shutting Swift production down permanently in 1951.

[edit] Specifications (GC-1A)

[edit] General characteristics

• Crew: one, pilot
• Capacity: 1 passenger
• Length: 19 ft 8 in (6.00 m)
• Wingspan: 29 ft 4 in (8.94 m)
• Height: ft in ( m)
• Wing area: ft² ( m²)
• Empty: lb ( kg)
• Loaded: lb ( kg)
• Maximum takeoff: lb ( kg)
• Powerplant: 1x Continental C-85, 85 hp (63 kW)

[edit] Performance

• Maximum speed: 130 mph (208 km/h)
• Range: 480 miles (768 km)
• Service ceiling: ft ( m)
• Rate of climb: ft/min ( m/min)
• Wing loading: lb/ft² ( kg/m²)
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