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Gloster E. 28/39
The first E. 28/39 prototype W4041/G
Type	Experimental prototype
Manufacturer	Gloster Aircraft Company
Designed by	George Carter
Maiden flight	15 May 1941
Primary user	Royal Aircraft Establishment
Number built	2 prototypes

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1 Design and development
2 Testing
3 Survivors
4 Operators
5 Specifications (Gloster E.28/39)
6 See also
7 References
- 7.1 Notes
- 7.2 Bibliography
8 External links

Design and development

In September 1939, the Air Ministry issued a specification to Gloster for an aircraft to test one of Frank Whittle's turbojet designs in flight. The Air Ministry was formerly a department of the British Government with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force. Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, FRS, Hon FRAeS (1 June 1907 &ndash 9 August 1996 was an English Royal TurboJET (噴射飛航 is the brand name for the operations of the Hong Kong -based Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management Limited (信德中旅船務管理有限公司 Working closely with Whittle, Gloster's chief designer George Carter laid out a small low-wing aircraft of conventional configuration. Wilfred George Carter was the chief designer at Glosters from 1937 was awarded the C The jet intake was in the nose, and the tail-fin and elevators were mounted above the jet-pipe. A contract for two prototypes was signed by the Air Ministry on 3 February 1940 and the first of these was completed by April 1941. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Building started in Hucclecote near Gloucester, but was later moved to Regent Motors in Cheltenham High St (now the Regent Arcade), considered a location safer from bombing.

The E. 28/39 name comes from the aircraft having been built to the 28th "Experimental" specification issued by the Air Ministry in 1939. This is a partial list of the British Air Ministry (AM specifications for Aircraft.

Testing

Statue in Coventry, England of Sir Frank Whittle observing the first jet powered flight

Plaque on base of the statue of Frank Whittle in Coventry, England

The aircraft was delivered to Hucclecote for ground tests beginning on 7 April using a non-flightworthy version of the Power Jets W. Hucclecote is a Village in Gloucestershire, England situated on the old Roman road connecting Gloucester with Barnwood, Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor 1 engine. With these satisfactorily completed, the aircraft was fitted with a new engine, and on 15 May, Gloster's chief test pilot, Flight Lieutenant Gerry Sayer flew the aircraft under jet power for the first time from RAF Cranwell, near Sleaford in Lincolnshire. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Flight Lieutenant ( Flt Lt in the RAF; FLTLT in the RAAF and RNZAF, F/L in the former RCAF) is a junior Flight Lieutenant Philip E Gerry Sayer was Chief Test Pilot for Gloster Aircraft as well as a serving RAF officer RAF Cranwell is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire close to the village of Cranwell, near Sleaford. Sleaford is a town within the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. The flight lasted 17 minutes and was a complete success. Tests continued with increasingly refined versions of the engine over the following months. Later in the test program, small, auxiliary fins were added near the tips of the tailplanes to provide additional stability in high-speed flight. ^[1]

The E. 28/39 specification had actually required the aircraft to carry two Browning .303 machine guns in each wing, but these were never fitted. The Browning M1919 is a.30 caliber Medium machine gun family widely used during the 20th century

The second prototype (Serial W4046) joined the test programme on 1 March 1943, initially powered by a Rover W2B engine. A serial number is a unique Number assigned for Identification which varies from its Successor or Predecessor by a fixed discrete Integer Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Testing had revealed problems with engine oil and lubricants. The second prototype was destroyed on 30 July in a crash resulting from an aileron failure, attributed to the use of the wrong type of grease in the aileron controls. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off For the band with a similar name see The Ailerons Ailerons are hinged control surfaces attached to the Trailing edge of the Wing of a Fixed-wing One aileron had "stuck in position, sending the aircraft out of control" ^[1]. The test pilot successfully bailed out.

The first prototype continued flight tests until 1944 by which time, more advanced turbojet-powered aircraft were available. Although the Gloster E. 28/39 was not able to achieve high speeds, it proved to be a capable experimental platform and exhibited a "good climb rate and ceiling" ^[1]. Moreover, experience with the E. 28/39 paved the way for Britain's first operational jet fighter aircraft, the Gloster Meteor. A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

Survivors

In 1946, the first prototype (Serial W4041) was placed in the Science Museum in Central London, where it is still exhibited. For science museums in general check out Science museum. The Science Museum on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London is part A full-size replica has been placed on an obelisk on a roundabout near the northern perimeter of Farnborough airfield in Hampshire as a memorial to Sir Frank Whittle. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain A similar full-size model is on display in the middle of a roundabout at Lutterworth in Leicestershire (pictured below) where the aircraft's engine was produced. Lutterworth is a Market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. Leicestershire (ˈlɛstəʃə(r or ˈlɛstəʃɪə(r abbreviation Leics

A full-scale model taken from the same moulds, with authentic paint scheme and detailing, has been built by members of the Jet Age Museum in Gloucester. It has recently been on display in Brockworth, Gloucester, at the Kemble Air Day and MVT Show also at Kemble, and formed part of the display for the Sir Frank Whittle Centenary commemorations at RAF Cranwell in June 2007.

Jet Age Museum’s E28

Operators

United Kingdom

Royal Aircraft Establishment

Specifications (Gloster E. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE England, was a British research establishment latterly under the UK Ministry of Defence 28/39)

Replica of the Gloster E. 28/39 at Lutterworth

General characteristics

Crew: One
Length: 25 ft 4 in (7. Lutterworth is a Market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. 74 m<)
Wingspan: 29 ft 0 in (8. The wingspan (or just span) of an airplane or a Bird, is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip 84 m)
Height: 8 ft 10 in (2. 70 m)
Wing area: 146 ft² (13. 6 m²)
Empty weight: 2,886 lb (1,309 kg)
Loaded weight: 3,748 lb (1,700 kg)
Powerplant: 1× Power Jets W. 1 turbojet, 860 lbf (3. TurboJET (噴射飛航 is the brand name for the operations of the Hong Kong -based Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management Limited (信德中旅船務管理有限公司 8 kN)

Performance

Maximum speed: 393 mph at 10,000 ft (630 km/h at 3,050 m)
Range: 410 mi (460 km)
Service ceiling 32,000 ft (9,755 m)
Rate of climb: 1,063 ft/min (5. In Aviation, V-speeds or Velocity-speeds are standard terms used to define Airspeeds important or useful to the operation of Aircraft, such The maximal total range is the distance an Aircraft can fly between Takeoff and Landing, as limited by fuel capacity in powered aircraft or cross-country In Aeronautics, a ceiling is the maximum Density altitude an aircraft can reach under a set of conditions In Aerodynamics, the rate of climb RoC is the speed at which an Aircraft increases its Altitude. 9 m/s)
Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 0. In Aerodynamics, wing loading is the loaded weight of the aircraft divided by the area of the wing Thrust-to-weight ratio is as its name suggests the ratio of instantaneous Thrust to Weight (where weight means weight at the Earth ’s surface 21

Armament

None; provision for 4× 0. 303 in (7. 7 mm) Browning machine guns

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Winchester 2005, p. This is a list of Jet aircraft that flew or were about to fly during the Second World War: 83.

Bibliography

James, Derek N. Gloster Aircraft since 1917. London: Putnam, 1987. ISBN 0-85177-807-0.
Mondey, David. The Hamlyn Concise Guide to British Aircraft of World War II. London: Chancellor Press, 1994. ISBN 1-85152-668-4.
Morgan, Eric B. "A New Concept of Flight" Twentyfirst Profile Vol. 1, no. 8. New Milton, Hantfordshire, UK: 21st Profile Ltd. ISBN 0-961-8120-4.
Swanborough, Gordon. British Aircraft at War, 1939-1945. East Sussex, UK: HPC Publishing, 1997. ISBN 0-9531421-0-8.
Winchester, Jim. X-Planes and Prototypes. London: Amber Books Ltd. , 2005. ISBN 1-904687-40-7.

External links

Meteor Flight

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