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Gnosspelius Gull
The Gnosspelius Gull was a 1920s British experimental ultra-light monoplane designed by Major O.T. Gnosspelius and built by Short Brothers at Rochester for the 1923 Lympne light aircraft trials.[1]
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Development
The Gull was a single-seat ultra light motor glider with a cantilever monoplane wing and a moncoque fuselage, it was powered by a single 698cc Blackburne Tomtit with two chain driven pusher propellers.[1] Two aircraft were built by Shorts and the first one, registered G-EBGN, first flew on the 26 May 1923 piloted by Short test pilot John Lankester Parker.[1] The second aircraft was unregistered and was flown at Lympne as No. 19, it crashed at Cramlington on 18 June 1926 killing the pilot.[1]
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References
- Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2. London: Putnam, 382. ISBN 0 370 10010 7.
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Lists relating to aviation | |
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| Military | Air forces · Aircraft weapons · Missiles · Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) · Experimental aircraft |
| Notable incidents and accidents | Military aviation · Airliners · General aviation · Famous aviation-related deaths |
| Records | Flight airspeed record · Flight distance record · Flight altitude record · Flight endurance record · Most produced aircraft |
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