General Aircraft GAL.56 - Variants

Variants

GAL.56/01

(serial number TS507) Also known as the "Medium-V" version, had a constant 33.5 deg wing sweepback at the leading edge, 28.4 deg at quarter chord. On 13 November 1944, Robert Kronfeld piloted the first flight at Farnborough, towed by an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley.

GAL.56/04

(TS510) Also known as the "Medium-U" version, had the same swept wing planform as the GAL.56/01 mounted outboard of a constant chord centre section, total wingspan 51 ft (15.5 m). First flight was on 27 February 1946, at RAF Aldermaston.

GAL.56/03

(TS513) Also known as the "Maximum-V" version, had a constant 40 deg wing sweepback at the leading edge, 36.4 deg at quarter chord. Wingspan was the same as GAL.56/01. First flight was on 30 May 1946.

GAL.57

A version of the GAL.56 powered by a 215 hp (160 kW) Lycoming R-680 radial engine, designed in 1943 but not built.

GAL.61

(TS515) A flying wing with no fuselage or fins, and incorporated retractable tricycle landing gear. It had a raised cockpit for a pilot, offset to port side, and a prone-position in the starboard wing for an observer.