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Gloster G.40 Pioneer |
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Scale 1:33 |
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Author: Lukasz Fuczek |
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File Size: 15.3Mb |
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Gloster G.40 Pioneer
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Price $10.00 |
Model # 060 |
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Technical data: |
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Length |
7.74 m |
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Span |
8.84 m |
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Engine |
1 x Power Jets W.1 turbojet, 3.8
kN |
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Max Speed |
544 km/h |
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Armament |
None, but provision for mounting 4
x 7.7mm Browning machine guns |
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Crew |
1 |
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The Gloster E.28/39, (also referred to as the "Gloster
Whittle", "Gloster Pioneer", or "Gloster G.40") was the first jet
engined aircraft to fly in the United Kingdom. Developed to test the new
Whittle jet engine in flight, the test results would influence the
development of the Gloster Meteor.
In September 1939, the Air Ministry issued a
specification to Gloster for an aircraft to test one of Frank Whittle's
turbojet designs in flight. Working closely with Whittle, Gloster's
chief designer George Carter laid out a small low-wing aircraft of
conventional configuration. A contract for two prototypes was signed by
the Air Ministry on 3 February 1940 and the first of these was completed
by April 1941. On the 15th of May 1941, Gloster's chief test pilot,
Flight Lieutenant Gerry Sayer flew the aircraft under jet power for the
first time from RAF Cranwell, near Sleaford in Lincolnshire. The flight
lasted 17 minutes and was a complete success. The E.28/39 was then
transfered to Farnborough were additional finlets were added to the tail
and it was repainted with ocean grey/dark green camouflage.
In 1946, the first prototype (Serial W4041) was placed
in the British Science Museum (London), where it is still exhibited,
although in a scheme which it never flew in.
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