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==Projects==
==Projects==
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[[File:Gosport G.5 G (2).jpg|thumb|346x346px|General arrangement drawing of a Gosport G.5 side view.]]
Following the end of the [[First World War]], the company proposed a number of designs published 31 July 1919 in ''[[Flight International|Flight]]'' magazine:<ref name="flight1006">{{cite magazine|magazine=Flight|date=31 July 1919|title=The Gosport Flying-Boats|page=1006|url=
Following the end of the [[First World War]], the company proposed a number of designs published 31 July 1919 in ''[[Flight International|Flight]]'' magazine:<ref name="flight1006">{{cite magazine|magazine=Flight|date=31 July 1919|title=The Gosport Flying-Boats|page=1006|url=
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*Gosport Shrimp - a single-seat flying boat.
*Gosport Shrimp - a single-seat flying boat.
In December 1919 a number of larger flying-boats were proposed, designed by [[John Cyril Porte|John Porte]] who joined the company in August 1919:<ref name="flight1657">{{cite magazine|magazine=Flight|date=25 December 1919|title=Some Gosport Flying Boats for 1920|pages=1657–1658|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1919/1919%20-%201656.html}}</ref>
In December 1919 a number of larger flying-boats were proposed, designed by [[John Cyril Porte|John Porte]] who joined the company in August 1919:<ref name="flight1657">{{cite magazine|magazine=Flight|date=25 December 1919|title=Some Gosport Flying Boats for 1920|pages=1657–1658|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1919/1919%20-%201656.html}}</ref>
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[[File:Gosport G.5 G (2).jpg|thumb|346x346px|General arrangement drawing of a Gosport G.5 side view.]]
*Gosport G5 - a twin-engined biplane flying boat with a 103&nbsp;ft span and a length of 49&nbsp;ft 3in, for two crew and six passengers or cargo based on the [[Felixstowe F.5]].
*Gosport G5 - a twin-engined biplane flying boat with a 103&nbsp;ft span and a length of 49&nbsp;ft 3in, for two crew and six passengers or cargo based on the [[Felixstowe F.5]].
*Gosport G5a - a smaller variant of the G5 with a 97&nbsp;ft 6in span and only 46&nbsp;ft in length.
*Gosport G5a - a smaller variant of the G5 with a 97&nbsp;ft 6in span and only 46&nbsp;ft in length.
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*Gosport G9 - a triplane three-engined flying boat for long distance cargo work or ten passengers and three crew, with a 113 foot wingspan. A commercial version of Porte's [[Felixstowe Fury]]<ref>''Flight'' [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1955/1955%20-%201808.html "Felixstowe Flying Boats" p.931] 23 December 1955</ref>
*Gosport G9 - a triplane three-engined flying boat for long distance cargo work or ten passengers and three crew, with a 113 foot wingspan. A commercial version of Porte's [[Felixstowe Fury]]<ref>''Flight'' [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1955/1955%20-%201808.html "Felixstowe Flying Boats" p.931] 23 December 1955</ref>


With the death of Porte in October 1919 none of the flying boats proposed were built, and by the middle of 1920 the company had closed.[[File:Gosport Aircraft Company advertisement 1919.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Advertisement, January 1919]]
With the death of Porte in October 1919 none of the flying boats proposed were built, and by the middle of 1920 the company had closed.

==References==
==References==
[[File:Gosport Aircraft Company advertisement 1919.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Advertisement, January 1919]]

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Gosport Aircraft Company
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Foundedc.1914
Defunct1920
FateOut of business c. 1919
Headquarters
Gosport, Hampshire
,
United Kingdom
Number of locations
3
Key people
Sir Charles Allom
Charles Ernest Nicholson
Magnus Herman Volk AFRAeS
John Cyril Porte
Lt.-Col. Ralph Hope-Vere. AFC[1][2]
Francis Percy Beadle[3]
ProductsFlying boats

The Gosport Aircraft Company was a short-lived British aircraft manufacturer based at Gosport, Hampshire formed at the start of the First World War by Sir Charles Allom of White, Allom & Company and Charles Ernest Nicholson of Camper and Nicholsons boat-builders. The company built a number of flying-boats for the British government including the hull for the Fairey Atalanta which at the time was the largest flying-boat hull built in the world.[4][5]

Aircraft

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The hulls were built at the Camper and Nicholsons Gosport Yard and towed round to Northam to complete the assembly

  • FBA Type B pusher biplane patrol flying boat, flying surfaces for sixty built for the RNAS.
  • Felixstowe F.5 tractor biplane patrol flying boat, cancelled by the RAF in January 1919 after ten from an order of fifty delivered.

Projects

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Following the end of the First World War, the company proposed a number of designs published 31 July 1919 in Flight magazine:[6]

  • Gosport Fire Fighter - a 10-seater flying boat designed to carry men and material to the scene of a forest fire or emergency based on the Felixstowe F.5.
  • Gosport Mail - a six passenger luxury flying boat for long distance passenger, mail and goods-carrying based on the Norman Thompson N.T.4A.
  • Gosport Patrol Boat - a two-seater flying boat for use as a fast patrol or police boat.
  • Gosport Two-seater Touring Boat - a flying boat with a tail boom for the American market.
  • Gosport Popular - a touring flying boat.
  • Gosport Shrimp - a single-seat flying boat.

In December 1919 a number of larger flying-boats were proposed, designed by John Porte who joined the company in August 1919:[7]

General arrangement drawing of a Gosport G.5 side view.
  • Gosport G5 - a twin-engined biplane flying boat with a 103 ft span and a length of 49 ft 3in, for two crew and six passengers or cargo based on the Felixstowe F.5.
  • Gosport G5a - a smaller variant of the G5 with a 97 ft 6in span and only 46 ft in length.
  • Gosport G8 - a biplane flying boat for one pilot and three-passengers.
  • Gosport G8a - a biplane flying boat similar to the G8.
  • Gosport G9 - a triplane three-engined flying boat for long distance cargo work or ten passengers and three crew, with a 113 foot wingspan. A commercial version of Porte's Felixstowe Fury[8]

With the death of Porte in October 1919 none of the flying boats proposed were built, and by the middle of 1920 the company had closed.

References

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Advertisement, January 1919
  1. ^ Gosport Aircraft and Engineering Company (7 July 1920). "1920: Gosport Aircraft Co". Aviation Ancestry. The Aeroplane. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Awarded the Air Force Cross". Supplement to the London Gazette: 97. 1 January 1919. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  3. ^ Moss, Roger. "Francis Percy Hyde Beadle". British Aviation - Projects to Production. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  4. ^ "The Largest Flying-Boat Hull in the World". Flight. 10 April 1919. p. 481.
  5. ^ Dear, Ian (19 December 2001). Camper and Nicholson: 200 Years of Yacht Building. Quiller Press. pp. 69–74. ISBN 978-1899163649.
  6. ^ "The Gosport Flying-Boats". Flight. 31 July 1919. p. 1006.
  7. ^ "Some Gosport Flying Boats for 1920". Flight. 25 December 1919. pp. 1657–1658.
  8. ^ Flight "Felixstowe Flying Boats" p.931 23 December 1955
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