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Oddball GAL designs

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cluttonfred

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Here's a little clip about three designs from General Aircraft Ltd. that were unusual for the time. The twin-boom, side-by-side layouts of the GAL.33 and GAL.47 have some real potential for a very compact design to be built in a small workshop and tucked in the corner of a hangar or in a shipping container, even if neither of the GAL models were a success. I could see folding the tail and booms up and over the fuselage, folding or removing the nosecone, and optionally folding or removing all or part of the wings to make a very tidy package.



General Aircraft Cagnet_GAL_33_T46_01_large.jpg 33.jpg

1734339445953.png GAL.47 (2).jpg

More interesting GAL designs from transports and bombers to trainers and gliders....

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/general-aircraft-from-st-1-to-gal-65-—-the-definitive-index.21250/
 
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