Gloster Gloster Nighthawk Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Gloucestershire Aircraft Company, Cheltenham

First Flight:

May 1922

Mars VI Nighthawk:

54 - Gloucestershire (Converted from Nieuport Nighthawk)

Type Specification

Applies to:

Gloster Mars VI Nighthawk

Type:

Single seat fighter developed from Nieuport Nighthawk to Specification 35/22

Wing:

Two bay biplane with staggered, unswept equal span wings of wooden structure with fabric covering. Ailerons on all four wings

Fuselage:

Round section fuselage mounted on lower wing. Wooden structure with fabric covering

Tail Unit:

Braced monoplane tail with split elevators together with single swept fin and balanced rudder

Landing Gear:

Crossaxle type main gear with legs attached to fuselage lower longeron. Tail skid

Power Plant:

One 325 hp Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar II fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial engine in the nose driving a two bladed propeller

Accommodation:

Single seat for pilot in open cockpit aft of wing

Armament:

Two Vickers machine guns in nose

Span:

28 ft

Length:

18 ft

Height:

9 ft

Wing Area:

270 sq ft

Empty:

1,816 lb

Loaded:

2,217 lb

Max Speed:

150 mph at sea level

Climb:

24 min to 20,000 ft

Service Ceiling:

23,000 ft

Preserved in British Museums

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