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The Fairey Gordon is a British light bomber (2-seat day bomber) and utility aircraft.
The Gordon is a conventional two-bay fabric-covered metal biplane. It is powered by 525–605 horsepower (391–451 kW) variants of the Armstrong Siddeley Panther IIa engine. Armament is one fixed, forward-firing .303-inch (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun and a .303-inch (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun in the rear cockpit, plus 500 pounds (230 kg) of bombs. The aircraft is somewhat basic; instruments are airspeed indicator, altimeter, oil pressure gauge, tachometer, turn and bank indicator and compass.
Development
The Gordon was developed from the IIIF, primarily by use of the new Armstrong Siddeley Panther engine. The prototype was first flown on 3 March 1931, and around 80 earlier IIIFs were converted to a similar standard, 178 new-built aircraft were made for the RAF, a handful of IIIFs being converted on the production line. 154 Mark Is were produced, before production switched to the Mark II with larger fin and rudder; only 24 of these have been completed before production switched to the Swordfish. The naval version of the Gordon, used by the Royal Navy, is known as the Seal.
Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Gordon
The Gordon is a conventional two-bay fabric-covered metal biplane. It is powered by 525–605 horsepower (391–451 kW) variants of the Armstrong Siddeley Panther IIa engine. Armament is one fixed, forward-firing .303-inch (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun and a .303-inch (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun in the rear cockpit, plus 500 pounds (230 kg) of bombs. The aircraft is somewhat basic; instruments are airspeed indicator, altimeter, oil pressure gauge, tachometer, turn and bank indicator and compass.
Development
The Gordon was developed from the IIIF, primarily by use of the new Armstrong Siddeley Panther engine. The prototype was first flown on 3 March 1931, and around 80 earlier IIIFs were converted to a similar standard, 178 new-built aircraft were made for the RAF, a handful of IIIFs being converted on the production line. 154 Mark Is were produced, before production switched to the Mark II with larger fin and rudder; only 24 of these have been completed before production switched to the Swordfish. The naval version of the Gordon, used by the Royal Navy, is known as the Seal.
Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Gordon