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{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
{{Infobox aircraft
  |name = GAL.33 Cagnet
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  |type = Trainer
  |manufacturer = General Aircraft Ltd 
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  |first_flight = 1939
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The '''General Aircraft GAL.33 Cagnet''' was a [[Great Britain|British]] light [[trainer aircraft]] designed by [[General Aircraft Ltd]] which flew from 1939 to 1941.  Only one example was constructed.

==Design==
The Cagnet was a two-seat [[pusher propeller]] aircraft.  The side-by-side seating was in an open cockpit just ahead of the strut-mounted [[inline engine (aviation)|inline engine]].  The low [[cantilever]] wings featured a gull shape, with [[twin boom]]s mounted, one at each wing's bend point.  A [[tailplane|horizontal stabilizer and elevator]] ran between twin [[fin]]s with [[rudder]]s, one at the end of each boom.

The fixed landing gear used a nosewheel.  First flight was in 1939; the aircraft bore the [[United Kingdom aircraft test serials|serial number]] ''T46''.

General Aircraft proposed the Cagnet as a basic trainer.  It was tested as a Flying Observation post trainer by the Royal School of Army Co-operation from February through June 1940 (with military [[United Kingdom military aircraft serials|serial number]] ''W7646'').  After that testing, it underwent various other tests.  Its final flight was in 1941.

The engine was a {{convert|90|hp|abbr=on}} Blackburn Cirrus Minor, which gave a cruising speed of 100&nbsp;mph (160&nbsp;km/h).

==Specifications (Cagnet)==
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|crew=2
|length m=6.93
|span m=10.06
|gross weight kg=1,350
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=[[Blackburn Cirrus Minor]]
|eng1 type=4-cyl. inverted air-cooled in-line piston engine
|eng1 hp=90
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|max speed mph=100
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==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090107194031/http://www.jaapteeuwen.com/ww2aircraft/html%20pages/GENERAL%20AIRCRAFT%20GAL33%20CAGNET.htm General Aircraft Cagnet] –  British Aircraft of World War II

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[[Category:1930s British military trainer aircraft]]
[[Category:General Aircraft Limited aircraft|Cygnet]]
[[Category:Single-engined pusher aircraft]]
[[Category:Aircraft first flown in 1939]]