Gloster VI

The Gloster VI, known as the Golden Arrow, was a racing seaplane built by Gloster for the 1929 Schneider Trophy. It was the last in the series of racing floatplanes the company built, running from the Gloster II through the Gloster III and IV biplanes, but after the planned biplane Gloster V was dropped it became a low-wing braced monoplane. A supercharged Napier Lion giving 1,320 horsepower and wing surface radiators powered it. Two were built and first flew in August 1929 but fuel starvation when banking led to their withdrawal from the contest. On 10 September 1929 George Stainforth flew N249 to a briefly held world absolute speed record.