General Aircraft GAL.47

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

• Crew: 2
• Length: 25 ft 9 in (7.85 m)
• Wingspan: 37 ft 10 in (11.53 m)
• Max takeoff weight: 1,615 lb (733 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Blackburn Cirrus Minor 4-cyl. inverted air-cooled in-line piston engine, 90 hp (67 kW)

Performance

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Fane F.1/40

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing.
• Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-10014-X.

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