| GAL.56 | |
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| Role | Experimental tailless glider |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | General Aircraft |
| First flight | November 1944 |
| Number built | 3 |
The General Aircraft GAL 56 was a British tail-less swept wing glider design of the 1940s built by General Aircraft Ltd.
There were three GAL 56 of different wing form:
The first flew in November 1944, the last after the end of World War II. They were followed by the GAL.61 intended to be part of the series in a more finished form complete with retracting undercarriage and more of a flying wing but this was never completed and flown.
The GAL 56 prototypes were flown by pilots at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough and by General Aircraft themselves - their test pilot Robert Kronfeld was killed when one of them stalled and crashed.
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Data from Flight 1946
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