General Aircraft GAL.47

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name = GAL.47
type = two-seat air observation post
manufacturer = General Aircraft Ltd


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first flight = 1940
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retired = 1942
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variants with their own articles = The General Aircraft GAL.47 was a 1940s British single-engined twin-boom "Air Observation Post" aircraft built by General Aircraft Limited and Hanworth Aerodrome.

History

The GAL.47 was designed to be an airborne air observation post (AOP) and had a twin-boom configuration and a pusher airscrew. Only one was built (test registration T-0224) in 1940 at Hanworth Aerodrome. It was destroyed on 2 April 1942.

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length main= 25 ft 9 in
length alt= 7.85 m
span main=37 ft 10 in
span alt= 11.53 m
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max takeoff weight main= 1,615 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 733 kg
engine (prop)=Blackburn Cirrus Minor
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number of props=1
power main=90 hp
power alt=67 kw
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References

*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=
*cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919|year= 1974|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0 370 10014 X

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