page_title: Gloster Nightjar
section_title: Specifications (Nightjar)
hierarchical_section_title: Gloster Nightjar / Specifications (Nightjar)
caption_attribution_description: English: Gloster Nightjar J6941, a production aircraft though here without armament, May 1923.
context_page_description: The Nightjar was a British carrier-based fighter aircraft of the early 1920s. It was a modification of the earlier Nieuport Nighthawk fighter produced by Gloster after the Nieuport & General company, which designed the Nighthawk, closed down. Twenty-two were converted, serving with the British Royal Air Force from 1922 to 1924.
context_section_description: Data from British Naval Aircraft since 1912 
  General characteristics
  Crew: 1
  Length: 19 ft 2 in (5.84 m)
  Wingspan: 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)
  Height: 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
  Wing area: 270 sq ft (25 m²)
  Empty weight: 1,765 lb (801 kg) 
  Gross weight: 2,165 lb (982 kg)
  Powerplant: 1 × Bentley BR2 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 230 hp (170 kW)
  Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 120 mph (190 km/h, 100 kn) at sea level
  Endurance: 2 hours
  Service ceiling: 19,000 ft (5,800 m) 
  Time to altitude: 15,000 ft (4,572 m) in 20 minutes
  Wing loading: 8.01 lb/sq ft (39.1 kg/m²)
  Power/mass: 0.11 hp/lb (0.18 kW/kg)
  Armament
  Guns: 2x fixed forward firing .303 in (7.70 mm) Vickers machine guns.
caption: Production Nightjar without armament
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