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engine and had two seats in tandem. Only one two-seater was built. A second GP-2 was built as a single-seater with one, rather than two, cabin side windows on each side. The GP-4 was powered by a 97 kW (130 hp)
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In 1935-6 the open cockpit GP-1 was developed into two cabin types, the González Gil-Pazó GP-2 and GP-4. Both had raised rear fuselages faired into the cabin tops. The GP-2 was powered by a 97 kW (130 hp)
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One GP-2 and the sole GP-4 were also on the Spanish civil register until about 1960. The GP-4 had been flown into Nationalist hands by Pazó in September 1936, where it was used for liaison and transport duties.
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About thirty of the forty GP-1s built at Alicante were captured by the Nationalist forces, given military serials and incorporated into Grupo 30. After the war at least twelve of these were given Spanish
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In 1934 the Director General de Aeronáutica issued a specification for a two-seat trainer and Gil-Pazó's response was the GP-1. This "supremely elegant" aircraft, with two open cockpits and a trousered
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skinning forward. For its first flight in June 1934 it was powered by the same Cirrus engine as the No.1 but this was replaced by a 145 kW (195 hp)
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engine. Almost no specifications are known, apart from a loaded weight of 778 kg (1715 lb). It first flew in June 1932 and was last recorded at
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Two notable flights were made before the Civil War. In January 1936 Ramón Torres and Carlos Coll set a record with their flight from
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The first aircraft produced from the collaboration between Arturo González Gil y Santibañez and José Pazó was the
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in the 1930s to compete for a government contract. Declared the winner, production was curtailed by the
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in appearance. Its wings, of semi-elliptic plan, had a wooden structure and a stressed plywood skin.
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in the two-seat GP-2. The single-seat GP-2 was flown by Lorenzo Richi in March 1936 from Madrid to
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in what was then Spanish Guinea at an average speed of 187 km/h (116 mph).
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4-cylinder air cooled inverted in-line piston, 145 kW (195 hp)
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Enclosed cabin for one or two; Gipsy Major powered. Two or three built.
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Open cockpit trainer; Walter Junior powered. About forty built.
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engine and carried four people. Only one GP-4 was constructed.
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inverted inline engine for the trainer contract competition.
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Enclosed cabin for four; Walter Major powered. One built.
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List of aircraft of the Spanish Republican Air Force
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
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Reportedly similar to the 965:Aircraft first flown in 1934 359:Spanish Republican Air Force 185:was a steel tube structure, 38:Spanish Republican Air Force 443:880 kg (1,940 lb) 437:525 kg (1,157 lb) 111:. Two cabin variants, the 981: 147:conventional undercarriage 918: 35: 26: 21: 248:de Havilland Gipsy Major 16:Spanish trainer aircraft 564:Howson, Gerald (1990). 404:General characteristics 153:, it was powered by an 22:González Gil-Pazó GP-1 945:1930s Spanish aircraft 513:Miles M.2 Hawk Trainer 308: 123:Design and development 113:González Gil-Pazó GP-2 97:González Gil-Pazó GP-1 392:Specifications (GP-1) 305:Aero Club de Zaragoza 302: 617:Spanish Armed Forces 285:civil registrations 259:Operational history 119:, were also built. 309: 181:were fitted. 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Spanish Republican Air Force
Spain
training aircraft
Spain
Spanish Civil War
low-wing
cantilever
monoplane
plywood
conventional undercarriage
Miles Hawk
ADC Cirrus
Cuatro Vientos
Madrid
undercarriage
Miles Hawk Major
Flaps
fuselage
fabric covered
dural
Walter Junior
Loring X
Hispano HS-34
Adaro 1.E.7
Aeronáutica Industrial S.A. (AISA)
Talleres Loring
Carabanchel Alto
Madrid
Spanish Civil War

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