Specifications and description of experimental fighter model which did not reach production phase; two machines were built, L.7999 with two 1050-hp Bristol Taurus TE/Is engines, later changed to 900-hp Taurus IIIs, and L.80.02, with two 885-hp Rolls-Royce Peregrine engines; span 50 ft; length 37 ft; height, 11 ft 7 in.; weight loaded, 11,615lb; max speed 360 mph at 15,000 ft; photographs are included.


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    Title :

    Gloster F.9/37 two-motor fighter


    Additional title:

    Aeroplane


    Published in:

    Aeroplane ; 66 , n 1721


    Publication date :

    1944


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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