General Aircraft GAL.47

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox aircraft |name = GAL.47 |image = |caption = |type = two-seat air observation post |manufacturer = General Aircraft Ltd |designer = |first_flight = 1940 |introduction = |retired = 1942 |produced = |number_built = 1 |status = written off |unit cost = |primary_user = |more_users = |developed_from = |variants = }}

The '''General Aircraft GAL.47''' was a 1940s British single-engined twin-boom air observation post aircraft, built by General Aircraft Limited at London Air Park, Hanworth.

==Design and development== The GAL.47 was a private-venture design of an air observation post (AOP) aircraft. The Fane F.1/40 was the only other competing design. The GAL.47 was a twin-boom configuration with a pusher airscrew. One example was built (test registration T-0224) in 1940 at London Air Park, Hanworth. It was destroyed on 2 April 1942.<ref name=Jackson>Jackson (1974)</ref>

==Specifications== {{Aircraft specs |ref=Jackson (1974)<ref name=Jackson/> |prime units?=imp  |crew=2 |length m=7.85 |span m=11.53 |max takeoff weight lb=1,615  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Blackburn Cirrus Minor |eng1 type=4-cyl. inverted air-cooled in-line piston engine |eng1 hp=90 }}

==See also== {{aircontent |related= |similar aircraft= Fane F.1/40 |lists= |see also= }}

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==References== *{{cite book |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985)|publisher= Orbis Publishing}} *{{cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919|year= 1974|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0-370-10014-X }}

==External links== * [http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/DeRoeckJoris/4805.htm Photo at 1000aircraftphotos.com]

Category:1940s British military utility aircraft Category:Single-engined pusher aircraft 47 Category:Twin-boom aircraft Category:High-wing aircraft Category:Aircraft first flown in 1940