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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