The General Aircraft GAL.55 was a two-seat training glider designed and built by General Aircraft Ltd to AM Spec TX.3/43 to train transport glider pilots.
Wings were built from spruce and plywood, the fuselage being made out of steel tubes faired with wooden formers and fabric covered.
Side-by-side seating with amber panels for daytime night flying.
The undercarriage was tricycle, of fixed centres, plus tail bumper. Dive brakes were fitted, plus bellows-operated split tailing edge flaps.
The first flights wee around the end of 1943, a Westland Lysander being used for towing.
Wingspan: 10.71 m / 35 ft 1.5 in
Length: 7.79 m / 25 ft 6.5 in
Wing area: 16.74 sq.m / 182 sq.ft
Aspect ratio: 6.8
Empty weight: 747.4 kg / 1650 lb
AUW: 1066 kg / 2350 lb
Max speed: 362 kph / 225 mph
Max tow speed: 282 kph / 175 mph
Stall: 100 kph / 62 mph flaps up / 87 kph / 54 mph flaps down
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