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Tugan Gannet information


LJW7 Gannet
Role Airliner
National origin Australia
Manufacturer Tugan Aircraft
Designer Lawrence Wackett
First flight 1935
Number built 8
Developed from Cockatoo Dockyard Codock

The Tugan LJW7 Gannet, also known later as the Wackett Gannet after its designer Lawrence Wackett, was a small twin-engined airliner built by Tugan Aircraft in Australia in the 1930s.[1][2] It was the first Australian-designed aircraft to enter series production. It was also the first Australian-designed and built aircraft to be taken on strength (put into operational service) by the Royal Australian Air Force.

  1. ^ Watkins 1961, p.600
  2. ^ Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 1988, p.498

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