both companies' expertise in aluminium forming to produce fire appliances and tankers in the Gloster factory at Hucclecote, mostly based on Reynolds-Boughton chassis. In 1984 Gloster Saro acquired the fire tender business of the Chubb group with the company merging in 1987 with Simon Engineering to form Simon Gloster Saro. The company eventually was used to manufacture both alloy and, later, fibreglass fuel tankers for Companies such as Shell/BP. The site at Brockworth was sold in 1964. In recent years the runway and old buildings have been demolished and replaced by standard modern industrial estate and office buildings. Products 1921 Gloster Mars – single-seat racing biplane later modified as the Gloster I 1921 Gloster Sparrowhawk 1922 Gloster Mars VI Nighthawk 1922 Gloster Mars X Nightjar 1923 Gloster Gannet – single-seat ultra light biplane 1923 Gloster Grebe – single-seat day fighter biplane 1923 Gloster Grouse 1924 Gloster Gorcock – experimental single-seat fighter biplane 1924 Gloster II – single-seat racing biplane 1925 Gloster III – single-seat racing float biplane 1925 Gloster Gamecock – single-seat day and night interceptor biplane 1925 Gloster Guan – experimental single-seat high altitude fighter biplane 1926 Gloster Goral – two-seat general purpose biplane 1926 Gloster Goring – two-seat day bomber/torpedo biplane 1927 Gloster IV – single-seat racing float biplane 1927 Gloster Goldfinch – single-seat high-altitude day and night fighter biplane 1927 Gloster Gambet – single-seat deck landing fighter biplane 1928 Gloster Gnatsnapper – single-seat deck landing fighter biplane 1929 Gloster VI – single-seat racing monoplane (world absolute speed record holder for a few hours in 1929) 1929 A.S.31 Survey – two-seat photographic survey biplane 1932 Gloster TC.33 – four-engined bomber/transport biplane 1932 Gloster TSR.38 – three-seat torpedo/spotter/reconnaissance biplane 1934 Gloster Gauntlet – single-seat day and night fighter biplane 1934 Gloster Gladiator – single-seat day fighter biplane 1937 Gloster F.5/34 single-seat day fighter monoplane prototype 1939 Gloster F.9/37 twin-engined heavy fighter prototype 1941 Gloster E.28/39 first British jet-engined aircraft 1944 Gloster Meteor single-seat day fighter – only allied jet aircraft to see action during the Second World War 1948 Gloster E.1/44 single-seat jet day fighter prototype 1954 Gloster Javelin two-seat all-weather jet fighter 1954 Gloster Meteor F8 "Prone Pilot" experimental conversion of Meteor Chief Test Pilots 1927–1935 Howard Saint 1935–1942 Gerry Sayer 1942–1944 Michael Daunt 1945–1946 Eric Greenwood 1947–1954 William Arthur Waterton 1953–1960 Richard Frewen Martin 1960–1961 Geoffrey Worrall See also Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom Notes References