Gloster Aircraft Company

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Gloster_Aircraft_Company
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:car
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:defunct 1963
gptkbp:founded 1917
gptkbp:founder gptkb:H.P._Folland
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Hucclecote,_Gloucestershire,_England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gloster Aircraft Company
gptkbp:industry aerospace
gptkbp:keyPerson gptkb:George_Carter
gptkb:H.P._Folland
gptkb:W.G._Carter
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Hawker_Siddeley
gptkbp:notableAchievement produced the first British jet fighter
produced the first British jet-powered aircraft
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Frank_Whittle
gptkbp:notableEvent Gloster E.28/39 first British jet flight in 1941
Gloster Meteor first flight in 1943
gptkbp:notableProduct gptkb:Gloster_Meteor
gptkb:Gloster_E.28/39
gptkb:Gloster_Gladiator
gptkb:Gloster_Javelin
gptkb:Gloster_Gauntlet
gptkbp:originalName gptkb:Gloucestershire_Aircraft_Company
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Hawker_Siddeley
gptkbp:renamed 1926
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gloster_Meteor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5