The Gloster Gladiator was developed from the Gloster Gauntlet as a private venture and represented both the peak and the end of the biplane fighter. In many air arms it smoothed the transition to monoplane fighters. And when confronting aircraft of its own era, it performed well. Find out more: https://ow.ly/txwn50WT0v3 👈 #Airfix #ScaleModelling #ScaleModels #GlosterGladitor #BritishBiplane #WWIIFighter | Airfix

Warbird A-Z - G is for… Gladiator! #warbirds #ww2 #gloster #gladiator #ww2history | Daniel J Wheatcroft

The RAF’s last biplane fighter #warbirds #ww2 #ww2history #gloster #gladiator | Daniel J Wheatcroft

Gloster Gladiator - the RAF’s last biplane fighter and the first designed with an enclosed cockpit. This example wears the scheme of No 73 Sqn, who converted to Hurricanes before deploying with the air component of the BEF #ww2 #ww2history #WWII #gloster #gladiator | Daniel J Wheatcroft

Remarkably the Hawker Hurricane and Gloster Gladiator both entered service in the same year. The former was the RAF’s first monoplane fighter since the Bristol M1.C, and the latter the last of the biplane fighters. #warbirds #ww2 #hurricane #gladiator #ww2history | Daniel J Wheatcroft

The RAF’s last biplane fighter - the Gloster Gladiator, and subject of my next online journal article; message me with your e-mail address if you’d like to join the list to receive it! #ww2 #ww2history #gloster #gladiator #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft

Gloster Gladiator Mk II N5903 at IWM Duxford. #ww2 #WWII #gloster #gladiator #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft

The Fiat CR.42 Falco, like the Gloster Gladiator, came at the end of the biplane age. She was among the fastest biplanes ever built. #ww2 #ww2history #wwii #fiat #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft