Gloster Gamecock
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The Gloster Gamecock was a British single-seat biplane fighter aircraft of the 1920s, operated primarily by the Royal Air Force as a successor to earlier Gloster designs.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fighter aircraft
ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ single-seat biplane ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | fighter biplane ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial |
fabric covering
ⓘ
wood ⓘ |
| armament | two fixed forward-firing machine guns ⓘ |
| cockpitType | open cockpit ⓘ |
| configuration | biplane ⓘ |
| construction | wood-and-fabric ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designedBy | H. P. Folland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | day fighter role ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Gloster Grebe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineType | air-cooled radial piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredRAFFrontlineService |
No. 17 Squadron RAF
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
No. 23 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 3 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 32 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1920s ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1925 ⓘ |
| landingGearType | fixed conventional landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Gloster Aircraft Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableVariant |
Gamecock Mk I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gamecock Mk II NERFINISHED ⓘ Gamecock Mk III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 1 ⓘ |
| operatorType | military ⓘ |
| originIndustry | British aviation industry ⓘ |
| powerplant | Bristol Jupiter radial engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| retiredFromRAF | early 1930s ⓘ |
| role | fighter ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1926 ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successorInRAFService | Bristol Bulldog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorTo | Gloster Grebe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tailwheel ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Estonian Air Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Finnish Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Latvian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| usedFor |
air defence of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
fighter pilot training ⓘ |
| usedIn | interwar period ⓘ |
| wingType | single-bay biplane wings ⓘ |
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