THE SNARGASHER TRAINER - Some pupils at Elementary Flying Training Schools begin their flying course in the Snargasher, a three- seat mid-wing monoplane with a wing span of 36 feet 4 inches and a length of 25 feet 4 inches. Its maximum speed is 205 miles per hour and its cruising speed at 6,000 feet, 190 miles per hour. The Snargasher is powered with two 205 De Havilland Gipsy aircooled engines driving variable pitch air screws. The three seats are in tandem. The pilot is over the leading edge of the wing, and the instructor or observer over the wing, and the rear gunner or radio ope
THE SNARGASHER TRAINER - Some pupils at Elementary Flying Training Schools begin their flying course in the Snargasher, a three- seat mid-wing monoplane with a wing span of 36 feet 4 inches and a length of 25 feet 4 inches. Its maximum speed is 205 miles per hour and its cruising speed at 6,000 feet, 190 miles per hour. The Snargasher is powered with two 205 De Havilland Gipsy aircooled engines driving variable pitch air screws. The three seats are in tandem. The pilot is over the leading edge of the wing, and the instructor or observer over the wing, and the rear gunner or radio operator aft. Pilot under training about to take off on solo flight in Snargasher, Royal Air Force
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