General Aircraft GAL.47

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GAL.47
Type two-seat air observation post
Manufacturer General Aircraft Ltd
Maiden flight 1940
Retired 1942
Status written off
Number built 1

The General Aircraft GAL.47 was a 1940s British single-engined twin-boom "Air Observation Post" aircraft built by General Aircraft Limited and Hanworth Aerodrome.

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[edit] History

The GAL.47 was designed to be an airborne air observation post (AOP) and had a twin-boom configuration and a pusher airscrew. Only one was built (test registration T-0224) in 1940 at Hanworth Aerodrome. It was destroyed on 2 April 1942.

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General characteristics

Performance


[edit] References

  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. 
  • Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10014 X. 

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Flying wing research glider: GAL.56

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