3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Gloster Gamecock: Tim Mason· Public domain
- 2. Gloster Gamecock right side Aero Digest December,1930: Aero Digest magazine· Attribution
- 3. Gloster Gamecock structure Aero Digest December,1930: Aero Digest magazine· Attribution
what is it?
The Gloster Gamecock was a biplane fighter designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Gloster. The Gamecock was a development of the earlier Grebe Mk III, an early interwar fighter procured by the Royal Air Force (RAF). Work on the type commenced in 1924 as a response to Air Ministry Specification 37/23.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.1 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.1 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1925-02-22
- status
- retired
- number built
- 108
- role
- fighter aircraft
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- makers
- Gloster Aircraft Company
- engines
- 1× Bristol Jupiter VI
- crew
- 1
- length
- 6 m
- wingspan
- 9.1 m
- height
- 3 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,297 kg
- top speed
- 249 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 6,736 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2143298, Wikipedia: Gloster Gamecock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.