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1927
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JULY 28, 1927 THE GLOSTER "GORAL" Bristol " Jupker " or Siddeley " Jaguar " Engines So accustomed has one become to think of the Gloster Air- craft Co., Ltd., as producers of single-seater fighters only that one is apt to lose sight of the fact that a good many other types have been designed and built by that firm. That Mr. H. P. Folland, chief designer and engineer of the com- pany, has specialised on single-seaterK is, perhaps, not sur- that some five or six years ago Mr. Folland designed a freight aeroplane which in many ways was much ahead of its time, and had features which to this day have not yet been put into practice. More recently he designed a modern goods carrier with a very high pay load for its power, while of service tvpes one may recall the " fi-oring " general purpose " FLIGHT " PHJtograph THE GLOSTER " GORAL " : Three-quarter front view. The engine is a Bristol " Jupiter." prising when one remembers how closely he has been asso- ciated with that type for many years, from the old S.E.5 of the Royal Aircraft Factory (as it then was), through the various British Nieuport " Nighthawks " and Gloster " Gos- hawks," " Grebes," " Gamecocks," " Gorcocks," etc., not to mention the single-seater racers, aeroplanes, and Schneider machine and the " Goral " two-seater reconnaissance and bombing machine. There are others to which no reference may be made, but sufficient has been said to indicate that, when the demand arises, the Gloster Aircraft Company is prepared and able to produce an aircraft of any type. The subject of these notes is the Gloster " Goral," a two ' FLIGHT " Photograph THE GLOSTER "GORAL": Three-quarter rear view. Cup seaplanes, bearing the Gloster name. There is thus good excuse for linking the name of Glostcr with the single- seater type of machine. It is, however, just as well not to overlook the fact that while specialising on the small, fast machine, the Gloster Company has not done so to the exclu- sion of very different types. For instance, it may be recalled seater reconnaissance and bombing machine fittedJwith air-cooled engine. Owing to the fact that it is a service machine and is still on the " Part publication " list, it is not permissible to say much about it, other than what may be gathered from an examination of the accompanying photographs. 519
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