List of Different Types of Airplanes in the World
Gloster VI - airplanes
Gloster VI
The Gloster VI was a racing seaplane developed as a contestant for the 1929 Schneider Trophy by the Gloster aircraft company. The aircraft was known as the Golden Arrow partly in reference to its colour the distinctive three-lobed cowling of the 'broad-arrow' Napier Lion engine but also to another contemporary Lion-powered record-breaker Henry Segrave's Golden Arrow land speed record car.
* 1929 Gloster VI - single-seat racing monoplane (world absolute
speed record holder for a few hours in 1929)
* 1934 Gloster Gauntlet 1
of the British Gloster VI Schneider Trophy floatplane which failed to
qualify for the 1929 event due to what sounds to me like carburetor
problems.2
The Gloster VI was a racing seaplane developed as a contestant for the
1929 Schneider Trophy by the Gloster aircraft company.3
Gloster VI seaplane with Napier Lion VIID engine, winner of the 1929
Schneider Trophy.4
Gloster VI 'Golden Arrow' monoplane still based on the Napier Lion
engine, with wings thinner at the roots than the midsection for better
control at low speeds.5
Gloster VI is no more, fate unknown but probably scrapped - an eternal
shame as it was one of the most beautiful aircraft ever to have had
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Made by Gloster Aircraft Company.
Gloster VI seaplane with Napier Lion VIID engine
Flying testbed B2 Canberra WK163
Deltic DP1 locomotive
Engineering workshop model
7
* Gloster VI — racing seaplane for 1929 Schneider Trophy (1929)
* Gloster Goring — prototype bomber, tested as a seaplane (1927)
* Hamble River 8
Gloster VI Schneider Trophy Floatplane for 1929 (scale plans);
Jagdstaffel Markings of WW1
Vol.27 No.3
Mar-61
DH.9
The Gloster VI Golden Arrow it is! 2 of these racing seaplanes fitted
with Napier Lion VIID engines were built for the 1929 Schneider
contest; one of them established a world speed record 10
The Gloster VI was a racing seaplane developed as a contestant for
the 1929 Schneider Trophy by the Gloster aircraft company The Mann
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Height Main
10
Height Alt
3.29 m
Stall Speed Main
92 mph
Length Alt
8.2 m
Jet Or Prop
prop
Loaded Weight Main
3680.0
Max Speed Alt
565
Program Cost
25000.0
Type Of Prop
inline engine
Loading Main
35
Power/mass Main
1295.9999999999998
Introduction
1929
Power/mass Alt
1
Max Speed Main
351.3 mph
Number Built
2
Crew
1
Max Speed More
20178.0
Span Main
792.48
Area Main
106.0
Primary user
Span Alt
7.93 m
Plane Or Copter?
Power Alt
984.0
Engine(prop)
Supercharged Napier Lion VIID
Propeller Or Rotor
propeller
Manufacturer
Loaded Weight Alt
1670.0
Power Main
1
320 hp
Propellers
two bladed fixed-pitch Gloster
Number Of Props
1
Stall Speed Alt
148
Empty Weight Alt
1036.0
Length Main
822.96
Area Alt
9.8 m²
Length More
overall - including floats
Empty Weight Main
2284.0
Category
Loading Alt
170