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	Gloster Gladiator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gloster Gladiator was a biplane fighter, used by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, as well as a number of other air forces, during World War II.
		Gladiators were also modified for carrier operations and flown by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, where it was known as the Sea Gladiator.
		The Gladiators were also used by two RAF fighter squadrons during the remaining two months of the Norwegian campaign.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gloster_Gladiator (692 words)

	Gloster Aircraft Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The company produced the Gloster Grebe; Gloster Gladiator; Hawker Hurricane; Hawker Typhoon; Gloster Meteor and Gloster Javelin and its test runway became famous for the first flight of Sir Frank Whittle's turbo-jet aircraft.
		This formed the basis for the Gloster Meteor, the only jet to be used by the Allied Forces during World War II.
		In 1952 the two seat, delta-winged Gloster Javelin was developed as an all weather fighter that could fly above 50,000 feet at almost the speed of sound.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gloster (750 words)

	Gloster Gladiator - fighter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Generally similar to the Gladiator II, they differed by being equipped for catapult launch and deck landing - although not intended for operational use from carriers - and carried an inflatable dinghy in a fairing beneath the lower wing centre-section.
		Many of the stirring stories of Gladiator operations must be regarded as apocryphal: in truth it was the courage of its pilots rather than its ability as a fighter which notched up its successes.
		The 'communications' Gladiator of one RAF station had an almost unbelieveable performance in the hands of the unit's chief flying instructor.
	avia.russian.ee /air/england/gloster_gladiator.html (634 words)

	Silver-wings.co.uk: Gloster Gladiator Mk1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Gloster Gladiator was the last RAF biplane fighter and the first with an enclosed cockpit.
		The Gladiator was developed from it's predecesor the Gauntlet as a private venture by the Gloster aircraft company and was first flown on September 12th 1934.
		The Gloster Gladiator was a classic biplane fighter, and fortunately one is still flown on a regular basis by the Shuttleworth Collection.
	freespace.virgin.net /pbratt.home/Gloster_Gladiator_Mk1.htm (178 words)

	The Gloster Gladiator
		For its day, the Gloster Gladiator was not only pretty to look at, but was a beautiful aircraft to fly, providing that you were not being chased by a Messerschmitt Bf109 at the time.
		The Gladiator was manufactured by the Gloucestershire Aircraft Company who, back in 1920 acquired the design rights to the French Nieuport Nighthawk fighter aircraft after that company closed down.
		It was a derivative of the Gauntlet that the Gladiator was built, being a private venture to specification F.7/30 and first flew as a prototype on 12th September 1934 and then only known as the SS37.
	www.battleofbritain.net /0008.html (1104 words)

	Gloster Gladiator aircraft profile. Aircraft Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		The Gloster Gladiator was the last British biplane fighter, a development of the Gauntlet with an enclosed single seat cockpit, cantilever landing gear and with increased armament, and a 2 blade fixed pitch propeller.
		At the beginning of the war the Gloster Gladiators serving with the Fleet Air Arm were primarily used as carrier-borne fighters.
		The Gladiator took part in the Norwegian campaign in 1940, and triumphed during the first campiagns in the Mediterranean in 1940-1941, where it claimed shooting down numerous enemy aircraft.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Aircraft/Gladiator.htm (1237 words)

	J 8 - Gloster Gladiator
		Gloster Gladiator was the last single-seat fighter biplane in the RAF.
		The first of the 448 Gladiators built for the RAF was delivered in 1935.
		The Swedish Gladiators were armed with four 8 mm machine-guns and could also be fitted with bombs.
	www.avrosys.nu /aircraft/Jakt/108J8.htm (215 words)

	Gloster Gladiator 1 airplane pictures & aircraft photos - RAF Museums
		The Gladiator was the first enclosed cockpit and last biplane fighter introduced into RAF service.
		Only two home based units used the Gladiator operationally during the Battle of Britain; No.247 Squadron at RAF Exeter and RAF Roborough and No.804 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm at stations in Scotland.
		The Gladiator was involved in a number of famous actions abroad during the early war years; operations from a frozen lake in Norway, defence of Malta, and early operations in Greece and North Africa.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /gloster-gladiator-1.htm (164 words)

	Gloster Gladiator fighter
		GLOSTER GLADIATOR: A continuation form the Gloster Gauntlet aircraft the Gloster Gladiator (SS37) becoming designated the F.7/30 was named Gladiator on the 1st July 1935.
		Built by Gloster Aircraft, L8011 was one of a batch of 28 Gladiators delivered in September 1938 to the Royal Air Force.
		In November 1940, the squadron moved to Greece and in February 1941, the squadron equipped with a mixture of Gladiators and Hurricanes was used on bomber escort duties.
	www.aviationartprints.com /gloster_gladiator.htm (1685 words)

	Håkans Flygsida - The Gloster Gladiator in the Norwegian Army Air Service (Haerens Flygevåpen)
		It was proposed to deliver the final six Gladiators in 1938 but, due to the delays in the introduction of the Spitfire that year, the Norwegian order was subordinated to that of the RAF.
		The Gladiator (433) was left where it stood, and while it is thought that the Germans subsequently recovered parts of it, some ten years later a local farmer told Thorsager that he still had some pieces of the aircraft.
		The Gladiators of Lieutenant Krohn (in 421) and Lieutenant Tradin (429) taxiing on Tyrisfjord on 9 April 1940.
	surfcity.kund.dalnet.se /gladiator_norway.htm (2611 words)

	Charles Bain Gloster Gladiator
		The Gladiator was obsolete by September 1939, but it still had what it took to make a significant impact on history.
		However, since nothing else had arrived to replace the aging Bulldog fighter, the Gloster was readily accepted, and was the main fighter of the RAF until the Hawker Hurricane was delivered.
		Gladiators formed the core of the British Expeditionary Force's Advanced Striking Force in France in 1939.
	www.simviation.com /fsdcbainglad.htm (451 words)

	Gloster Gladiator Mk.I by Peter Nebelung (Heller 1/72)
		The Gladiator was the last operational biplane fighter to be used by the RAF.
		Brought into service a few years prior to the start of WWII (early 1937 for the Mk I, mid 1938 for the Mk II), it saw action with 607 and 617 squadrons in France as well as limited use during the Battle of Britain as a point defense fighter with 247 squadron at Rodborough.
		The Sea Gladiators used in the Defense of Malta won a special place in the hearts of the Maltese, being ever outnumbered, but never running from the fight.
	hsfeatures.com /gladiatorpn_1.htm (589 words)

	Gloster Gladiator
		The Gladiator was used during W.W.II in theaters were the RAF could not afford better equipment.
		The famous story about the three Gladiators called Faith, Hope and Love that defended Malta is incorrect: There were seven aircraft involved, Sea Gladiators from Navy stocks.
		Gladiators were also sold to Belgium, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway, China, Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Egypt, Iraq, and South Africa.
	www.members.tripod.com /chip2500/id233.htm (93 words)

	Gloster Gladiator
		So made the Gloster, that in 1934 presented its model SS 37, a development of the Gauntlet to have better performances.
		The next year the Minstry approved a first series of 23 planes of the new Gladiator Mk.I. Then the Royal Navy had a total of 60 exemplars of modified Sea Gladiator to be employed on carriers, as 38 other planes modified to be utilized in a naval use.
		The Gladiators shown themselves in the Mediterranean Sea, in North Africa and on Malta, where they were equal in performances only with the FIAT CR-42 biplanes.
	www.tgplanes.com /planfile.asp?idplane=47 (184 words)

	Gloster Gladiator
		The Gladiators suffered heavy losses to the Luftwaffe's modern aircraft and had to be withdrawn to southern England to complete the conversion to Hurricanes.
		The Gladiator proved a fairly even match for the Fiat CR.42 and was successful in helping repel the Italian invasion of Egypt and defeat Italian forces in East Africa.
		Gloster's private venture development of the already highly-refined Gauntlet brought the biplane fighter concept to the peak of technical perfection.
	www.aeroflight.co.uk /types/uk/gloster/gladiator/gladiator.htm (2790 words)

	WRG - Allied Aviation Annex - British Aircraft Specs - Gloster Gladiator/Sea Gladiator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Gladiator was designed in response to Air Ministry specification F.7/30 but after lengthy delays the Gladiator was put into production just in time to become obsolete.
		Gladiators of the Auxillery Air Force intercepted the first bombing raid over England in September, 1939.
		Aircraft that survived the sinking of the H.M.S. Glorious operated from a frozen lake in Norway against the Luftwaffe and three Sea Gladiators helped defend Malta from the Regia Aeronautica from June 11, 1940.
	www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org /AARG/gladiator.html (158 words)

	Gloster Gladiator Fighter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Gloster Gladiator was the RAF's last biplane fighter, although it more than made up for it in WWII.
		The major advantage the Gladiator had over it's main Italian rivals was it's manoueverability.
		The Sea Gladiator was outfitted with an arrestor hook, a catapult attachement and a streamlined dinghy compartment under the fusilage.
	www.constable.ca /glad.htm (276 words)

	WW2 Warbirds: the Gloster Gladiator - Frans Bonné
		Gloster Gladiator Mk II Built with the North African theatre in mind, it had a sand/dust filter, a partially automatic boost control carburetor, an electric starter, a desert survival kit and improved instrumentation.
		Based on the Gladiator Mk II, but with an arrester hook and provisions to be launched by catapult.
		It was not until the Germans came to the aid of the Italians that the Gladiators were finally outclassed.
	www.xs4all.nl /~fbonne/warbirds/ww2htmls/glosglad.html (671 words)

	Håkans Flygsida - The Gloster Gladiator in the Belgian Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Belgium had ordered 22 Gladiator Is during the summer of 1937, and although delivery of these commenced in September that year, final signature of the contract was not effected until May1938.
		Gloster Gladiator '623' of 1/I/2 Aé at Schaffen circa 1938-39.
		At 10:00, three more Gladiators fell victim to Oberleunant Schneider, Leutnant Pob and Feldwebel Leykauf from I/JG27 while their unit's Bf109s were escorting a gaggle of Ju87s to the west of Maastricht.
	user.bahnhof.se /~surfcity/gladiator_belgium.htm (1448 words)

	Håkans Aviation page - Gloster Gladiator
		The Gloster Gladiator was the RAF's last biplane fighter.
		It was produced in three major version; Mk.I, Mk.II and the Sea Gladiator (the difference of the Sea Gladiator being installation of catapult points, a deck-arrester hook and a collapsible dinghy in a fairing beneath the fuselage between the undercarriage legs).
		The Gladiator was also one of Britains biggest export successes before the war, seeing service in many other countries.
	surfcity.kund.dalnet.se /gladiator.htm (563 words)

	Naval Aviation News: Professional reading - Gloster Gladiator Aces by Thomas Andrew - No One Left Behind: The Lt. Cmdr. ...
		The Gloster Gladiator is a fairly exotic aircraft that boasted a surprising number of aces and combat successes and flew for several countries, including Great Britain, China, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
		This book's selection of photos is unusual, showing Gladiators and their pilots during the hectic days of early WW II and the war in China in the late 1930s.
		The combat log of the Gladiator is in theaters that may have grabbed the headlines for only a short time, and then only occasionally, but Gloster's last biplane fighter racked up an impressive record in several arduous climes.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IAX/is_1_85/ai_95954329 (433 words)

	Roald Dahl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Following six months of flying Hawker Harts he was made a Pilot Officer and assigned to No. 80 Squadron RAF, flying obsolete Gloster Gladiators.
		Dahl was surprised to find that he would not be trained in aerial combat, or even how to fly the Gladiator.
		On 19 September 1940, Dahl was to fly his Gladiator from Abu Suweir in Egypt, on to Amiriya to refuel, and again to Fouka in Libya for a second refuelling.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roald_Dahl (2586 words)

	Gloster Gladiator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Unlike the Bf-109, the Gladiator was not built in a staggering number of variants and variations.
		There is enough information given to allow the reader a sense of what it was like to be in one of those units during the early days of the war.
		If you cannot find it locally, it is distributed in the US by Squadron so can be obtained from their mail-order site; www.squadron.com.
	m2reviews.cnsi.net /scotts/books/gladbook.htm (543 words)

	Bravo Delta Models 1:17 Gloster Gladiator `Faith' (ANTBD2) \| Antics Online
		Gladiators were effective front line fighters when introduced in 1936 but were quickly surpassd in performance by the new monoplanes just coming into service at the beginning of WWII. For over 3 months 3 Gladiators were the Island of Malta’s sole air defence against attack.
		Between 1936 and 1939, 527 Gladiators were built of which 216 were exported to Belgium, China, Greece, Finland, Iraq, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal and Sweden.
		Gladiators distinguished themselves in many places during the second world war, but none more so than in Malta.
	www.aircraftmodels.co.uk /888_1_1698667.html (478 words)

	Gloster Gladiator Mk.I and II / Sea Gladiator Review by Glen Porter (Pavla 1/72)
		Although produced previously by both Matchbox and Heller, they were quite good for their time but they were very old and showed it in their level of detail and accuracy.
		Powered by a Bristol Mercury IX radial engine, the biplane Gladiator Mk I was armed with four machine guns, two in the fuselage and two in the wings.
		Next comes one of the famous “Faith, Hope and Charity” from Malta's defence in 1940, a Sea Gladiator with the hook removed and finally another Sea Gladiator from HMS Eagle in the Med, summer 1940.
	kits.kitreview.com /pavla72059reviewgp_1.htm (655 words)

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