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The Burgess Type O Gunbus was an American
pusher biplane fighter designed and built by the
Burgess Company
The Burgess Company was a U.S. airplane manufacturer between 1910 and 1918.
History
The business was incorporated in 1910 as the "Burgess Company and Curtis, Inc." (after W. Starling Burgess and Greely S. Curtis, its co-founders with Frank Henr ...
at
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Marblehead is a coastal New England town in Essex County, Massachusetts, along the North Shore. Its population was 20,441 at the 2020 census. The town lies on a small peninsula that extends into the northern part of Massachusetts Bay. Attache ...
.
A total of 36 Type Os (also known as the Burgess Gunbus), powered by a single 140 hp (104 kW) Sturtevant engine, was ordered by the
British Admiralty in 1915 for use by the
Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).
[Thetford 1978, p. 382.] Built in the United States they were shipped to
Hendon Aerodrome
Hendon Aerodrome was an aerodrome in London, England, that was an important centre for aviation from 1908 to 1968.
It was situated in Colindale, north west of Charing Cross. It nearly became a central hub of civil aviation ("the Charing Cros ...
for erection.
The first aircraft flew from Hendon on 26 August 1915 and some of first aircraft were used for training at Hendon and
Eastchurch
Eastchurch is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Sheppey, in the English county of Kent, two miles east of Minster. The village website claims the area has "a history steeped in stories of piracy and smugglers".
Aviation history
Eastch ...
but most went into storage, the last six were not even unpacked.
All were removed from the inventory in 1916.
Operators
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Royal Naval Air Service
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
* Ray Sturtivant and Gordon Page ''Royal Navy Aircraft Serials and Units 1911-1919''
Air-Britain Air-Britain, traditionally sub-titled "The International Association of Aviation Enthusiasts", is a non-profit aviation society founded in July 1948. As from 2015, it is constituted as a British charitable trust and book publisher.
History
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* Thetford, Owen. ''British Naval Aircraft since 1912''. London:Putnam, Fourth edition, 1978. .
External links
Photo of Burgess Gunbus in flight
Single-engined pusher aircraft
1910s United States fighter aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1915
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