Gloster VI [SEP] point in time
Gloster VI
The Gloster VI was a racing seaplane developed as a contestant for the 1929 Schneider Trophy by the Gloster Aircraft Company.
The aircraft was known as the "Golden Arrow", partly in reference to its colour, the distinctive three-lobed cowling of the 'broad-arrow' Napier Lion engine, but also to another contemporary Lion-powered record-breaker, Henry Segrave's "Golden Arrow" land speed record car.
Design and development.
The Gloster VI was Gloster's final evolution of
- Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a (June 1917–Feb 1919)
- Sopwith Snipe (Feb 1920–Nov 1924)
- Gloster Grebe Mk.II (Sep 1924–Sep 1927)
- Armstrong Whitworth Siskin Mk.IIIa (Sep 1927–Oct 1932)
- Bristol Bulldog Mk.IIa (Oct 1932–May 1936)
- Gloster Gauntlet Mk.II (May 1936–July 1937)
- Gloster Gladiator Mk.I (July 1937–May 1938)
- Hawker Hurricane Mk.I (Apr 1938–Feb 1941)
- Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIa (