Gloster Gladiator

Specifications (Gloster Gladiator Mk II)
Type: Single Seat Biplane Fighter
Design: H.P. Folland
Manufacturer: Gloster Aircraft Company
Powerplant: (SS.37) One 645 hp (481 kW) Bristol Mercury VIS radial engine. (Mk I) One 840 hp (626 kW) Bristol Mercury IX or IXS 9-cylinder radial engine. (Mk II) One 830 hp (619 kW) Briston Mercury VIIIA 9-cylinder radial engine.
Performance: Maximum speed 253mph (407km/h); initial climb rate 2,300 ft (700 m) per minute; service ceiling 33,000 ft (10060 m).
Range: (Mk I and II) 440 miles (708 km); (Sea Gladiator) 425 miles (684 km).
Weight: (Mk I and II) Empty 3,450 lbs (1565 kg) with a maximum take-off weight of 4,750 lbs (2155 kg). (Sea Gladiator) Empty 3,745 lbs (1699 kg) with a maximum take-off weight of 5,420 lbs (2459 kg).
Dimensions: (Mk I and II) Span 32 ft 3 in (9.85 m); length 27 ft 5 in (8.38 m); height 10 ft 4 in (3.17 m).
Armament: First 71 aircraft, two 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers machine guns in the fuselage, one 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Lewis machine gun under each lower wing; subsequent aircraft had four 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Browning machine guns in same locations. Fuselage guns had 600 rounds per gun and wing guns had 400 rounds per gun.
Variants: Gloster SS.37 (prototype), Gloster Gladiator, Gloster Gladiator Mk I, Gloster Gladiator Mk II, Gloster Sea Gladiator.
Avionics: None.
History: First flight (SS.37) September 1934; (Gladiator 1) June 1936; (Sea Gladiator) 1938; service delivery March 1 937; final delivery April 1 940.
Operators: Belgium, China, Egypt. Finland, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, UK (RAF, RN).

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