GAL.47 | |
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Role | two-seat air observation post |
Manufacturer | General Aircraft Ltd |
First flight | 1940 |
Retired | 1942 |
Status | written off |
Number built | 1 |
The General Aircraft GAL.47 was a 1940s British single-engined twin-boom air observation post aircraft, built by General Aircraft Limited at London Air Park, Hanworth.
The GAL.47 was a private-venture design of an air observation post (AOP) aircraft. The Fane F.1/40 was the only other competing design. The GAL.47 was a twin-boom configuration with a pusher airscrew. One example was built ( test registration T-0224) in 1940 at London Air Park, Hanworth. It was destroyed on 2 April 1942. [1]
Data from Jackson (1974) [1]
General characteristics
Performance
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Fane F.1/40