Fairey Gannet - A Short History
Channel: A Short History
Date: 2022-02-12

The British Fairey Gannet was a carrier-based turboprop aircraft, with two contra-rotating propellers. It was originally developed as an anti submarine warfare and strike aircraft. The Fairey Gannet was the first turboprop aircraft to perform a carrier landing.

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Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Gannet, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) - the text has been remixed and shortened

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