This Day in Aviation History
March 3rd, 1931
First flight of the Fairey Gordon.
 
The Fairey Gordon was a British light bomber (2-seat day bomber) and utility aircraft.
 
The Gordon was a conventional two-bay fabric-covered metal biplane. It was powered by 525–605 horsepower (391–451 kW) variants of the Armstrong Siddeley Panther IIa engine. Armament was one fixed, forward-firing .303-inch (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun and a .303-inch (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun in the rear cockpit, plus 500 pounds (230 kg) of bombs. The aircraft was somewhat basic; instruments were airspeed indicator, altimeter, oil pressure gauge, tachometer, turn and bank indicator and compass….
 
Source:
Wikipedia, Fairey Gordon: http://gstv.us/1pok00e
 
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