Gourdou-Leseurre Type A

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name=Type A, GL.1


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type=Fighter
national origin=France
manufacturer=Gourdou-Leseurre
designer=Charles Gourdou and Jean Leseurre
first flight=March avyear|1918
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number built=1
variants with their own articles=The Gourdou-Leseurre Type A, retrospectively named the GL.1, was a prototype fighter aircraft built in France in 1918. It was a conventional parasol-wing monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage, with main units connected by a cross-axle. The pilot sat in an open cockpit. Construction was of fabric-covered wood and steel, Initial flight testing revealed performance superior to most contemporary biplane fighters and led to an order of 100 aircraft being placed. However, further tests suggested that the aircraft structure could be considerably lightened, and that the wing needed to be stiffened, leading to a cancellation of the order.

Only a single prototype was built, but this led to the development of the successful Gourdou-Leseurre Type B.

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crew=One pilot
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length m=6.60
length ft=21
length in=8
span m=9.00
span ft=29
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height m=2.30
height ft=7
height in=7
wing area sqm=16.6
wing area sqft=179
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empty weight kg=594
empty weight lb=1,309
gross weight kg=780
gross weight lb=1,720
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eng1 kw= 134
eng1 hp= 180
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max speed kmh=242
max speed mph=150
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range km=300
range miles=190
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ceiling m=7,000
ceiling ft=23,000
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climb rate ms=5.8
climb rate ftmin=1,140
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armament1=2 × fixed, forward-firing .303 Vickers machine guns
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