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Malta
The fuselage of the only surviving Gladiator from the Hal Far Fighter Flight (N5520), later called Faith, was presented to the people of Malta in 1943.
The fuselage remains are displayed in the War Museum at Fort St Elmo, Valletta.
Research on the airframe has indicated that it incorporates parts of at least one other Gladiator.
Malta's Aviation Museum has been trying since at least 2005 to obtain possession of the Gladiator remains from the War Museum which, it claimed, was lacking sufficient security for valuable heritage exhibits.
In its Air Battle of Malta Memorial Hangar at [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], the Aviation Museum had demonstrated superior expertise in aircraft restoration and had managed to acquire "a set of wings and other parts for the Gladiator".
This request was reinforced in November 2008 by a newspaper article which stated "the aircraft is in a very bad state and now approaching the point of no repair".
The fuselage of the only surviving Gladiator from the Hal Far Fighter Flight (N5520), later called Faith, was presented to the people of Malta in 1943.
The fuselage remains are displayed in the War Museum at Fort St Elmo, Valletta.
Research on the airframe has indicated that it incorporates parts of at least one other Gladiator.
Malta's Aviation Museum has been trying since at least 2005 to obtain possession of the Gladiator remains from the War Museum which, it claimed, was lacking sufficient security for valuable heritage exhibits.
In its Air Battle of Malta Memorial Hangar at [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], the Aviation Museum had demonstrated superior expertise in aircraft restoration and had managed to acquire "a set of wings and other parts for the Gladiator".
This request was reinforced in November 2008 by a newspaper article which stated "the aircraft is in a very bad state and now approaching the point of no repair".
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Those old Gladiators aren't made of stressed steel like a [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] or a [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].
They have taut canvas wings, covered with magnificently inflammable [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], and underneath there are hundreds of small thin sticks, the kind you put under the logs for kindling, only these are drier and thinner.
If a clever man said, 'I am going to build a big thing that will burn better and quicker than anything else in the world,' and if he applied himself diligently to his task, he would probably finish up by building something very like a Gladiator.
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Those old Gladiators aren't made of stressed steel like a [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] or a [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].
They have taut canvas wings, covered with magnificently inflammable [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], and underneath there are hundreds of small thin sticks, the kind you put under the logs for kindling, only these are drier and thinner.
If a clever man said, 'I am going to build a big thing that will burn better and quicker than anything else in the world,' and if he applied himself diligently to his task, he would probably finish up by building something very like a Gladiator.
[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], "A Piece of Cake", from the short story collection [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]
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Specifications (Gloster Gladiator Mk I)
Data from Gloster Aircraft since 1917
General characteristics
Data from Gloster Aircraft since 1917
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 27 ft 5 in (8.36 m)
- [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]: 32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
- Height: 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)
- Wing area: 323 ft² (30.0 m²)
- Empty weight: 3,217 lb (1,462 kg)
- Loaded weight: 4,594 lb (2,088 kg)
- Powerplant: 1× [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] IX [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], 830 hp (619 kW)
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Performance
- [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]: 253 mph (220 knots, 407 km/h) at 14,500 ft (4,400 m)
- [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]: 210 mph
- [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]: 53 mph (46 knots, 85 km/h)
- [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]: 2 hours
- [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]: 32,800 ft (10,000 m)
- [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]: 2,300 ft/min (11.7 m/s)
- Climb to 10,000 ft (3,050 m): 4.75 min
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Armament
In at least some Sea Gladiators, provision existed for a pair of Brownings to be fitted under the upper wings as well, bringing the total to six.
Official service release trials were not completed before the Sea Gladiators were replaced by later types - but some upper wing Brownings may have been fitted in the field, in particular in Malta.
- Guns:
- Initially; Two [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] in fuselage sides, two .303 in Lewis
machine guns; one beneath each lower wing. - Later aircraft; Four [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]; 2 synchronised guns in fuselage sides and one beneath each lower wing.
In at least some Sea Gladiators, provision existed for a pair of Brownings to be fitted under the upper wings as well, bringing the total to six.
Official service release trials were not completed before the Sea Gladiators were replaced by later types - but some upper wing Brownings may have been fitted in the field, in particular in Malta.
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