157:-section spars with spruce ribs and internal wire bracing. The inner section and interplane struts were of streamlined steel tube; ailerons were carried on upper and lower wings. The Lympne aircraft were aimed at the private owner, for whom transport and storage might be an important issue, so the Gannet's wings were hinged at the rear spar so they could be folded back along the fuselage. Both wing centre section trailing edges folded to permit the wing-folding; the upper section was also folded up to aid access to the cockpit. The 2 imp. gallon (9.1 litre) fuel tank was in the upper centre section.
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Gloster did not enter it into the two other Lympne light aircraft trials held in 1924 and 1926. It appeared at the Olympia Aero show
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989:1920s British sport aircraft
129:Lympne light aircraft trials
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38:Gannet with Carden engine
245:460 lb (208 kg)
239:330 lb (149 kg)
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261:Performance
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119:Development
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983:Categories
443:4 November
421:4 November
401:References
309:James 1971
231:Wing area:
193:James 1971
178:Blackburne
137:Daily Mail
113:Cheltenham
918:Schneider
821:Gladiator
801:Goldfinch
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190:Data from
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225:Height:
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951:Other
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766:Grebe
633:FS.36
628:SS.35
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383:(PDF)
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289:Notes
207:Crew:
43:Role
903:GA.5
898:GA.4
893:GA.3
888:GA.2
883:GA.1
786:Guan
736:Mars
720:GA.6
715:GA.5
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688:G.50
683:G.47
678:G.44
673:G.43
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608:G.32
598:G.30
593:G.28
588:G.27
583:G.25
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568:G.21
563:G.20
548:G.18
543:G.17
538:G.16
533:G.14
528:G.12
523:G.11
458:ISBN
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