Talk:Gloster Gannet

First Flight
Appear to be some confusion about the first flight, just to note that Jackson's British Civil Aircraft since 1919 gives the 23 November 1923. MilborneOne (talk) 19:27, 24 February 2009 (UTC)


 * It might be useful for someone to check any later ed of James, to see if the story has changed since the 1st ed. The inset in the Flight article certainly shows the Gannet tail-up, though not in the air, and the issue date is 18 October.  The caption says "in flight", for what that's worth.  At the moments the facts are, as they say, up in the air.TSRL (talk) 09:08, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Specifications
I'm not sure what the correct values are, but I'm pretty sure that 1'6" is not the length of this plane. If anyone knows the length it should probably be changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.196.99.118 (talk) 10:01, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed with correct length 16 ft 6 in! - Good spot!Nigel Ish (talk) 14:33, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Carden engines
The link talks about the founding of Carden engines in 1935; clearly something not right here.TSRL (talk) 15:56, 5 March 2009 (UTC) Carden (cyclecar) is more contemporary, but still not much on his engines nor on a 750 cc. Same chap, of course.TSRL (talk) 16:15, 5 March 2009 (UTC)


 * The Authorative "British Aero Engines and their Aircraft" by Alec Lumsden" (ISBN 1 85310 294 6) has the "Carden" engine listed separately from the Carden company - ie "Carden" is name of the engine, not the manufacturer. So, either it was an engine salvaged from an old Carden cyclecar or it was a one-off design by John Carden, but before he formed his own engine company. Incidentally the rated horsepower of the Blackburne engine listed as "7 hp" on the webpage is just ridiculously low (it has been copied over from the Putnam book on Gloster aircraft) - Lumsden's entry for the Blackburne Tomtit engine has it rated as 26 hp. 77.100.216.20 (talk) 16:40, 1 July 2023 (UTC)