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unusual facts about ABC Dragonfly



Gloster Sparrowhawk

When the British aircraft manufacturer Nieuport & General closed down in 1920, the services of its chief designer, Henry Folland were hired by the Gloster Aircraft Company, who also acquired the rights for Nieuport's Nighthawk fighter, a promising design that had been ruined by the use of the unreliable ABC Dragonfly radial engine.

Roy Fedden

Bristol then decided to try the Jupiter in their new Badger design, finding that it too completely outperformed the competing ABC Dragonfly.


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