The Gregor FDB-1 was a Canadian biplane fighter, designed in 1938 by Michael Gregor and manufactured by Canadian Car and Foundry. Despite having some advanced design features such as flush rivetted all-metal construction and a retractable undercarriage, the final generation of biplane fighters was being supplanted by monoplanes and the Gregor ...

Gregor chose the 750-horsepower Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp engine and aimed for a 1,200-hp option. Dubbed the FDB-1 (for Fighter-Dive Bomber), it first flew in April 1939.

His FDB-1, whose designation stemmed from its role as a Fighter, Dive Bomber (also known as the Model 10), was an attempt to create a modern biplane fighter that could compete with the emerging monoplane designs. It featured advanced elements such as retractable landing gear, a streamlined all-metal fuselage, enclosed cockpit and a 750 hp Pratt ...

2021年8月24日 · The aircraft was the Gregor FDB-1 (FDB for Fighter/Dive Bomber), designed and built at Canadian Car and Foundry (Can-Car) in Fort William, Ontario. Sadly, biplane fighters at the time of the FDB-1's first flight in February, 1939, were about as out of favour as dirigibles, observation balloons, and tri-planes.

The Gregor FDB-1 was a Canadian biplane fighter, designed in 1938 by Michael Gregor and manufactured by Canadian Car and Foundry. Despite having some advanced design features such as flush rivetted all-metal construction and a retractable undercarriage, the final generation of biplane fighters was being supplanted by monoplanes and the Gregor ...

Gregor FDB-1 (Fighter Dive Bomber) is a Canadian biplane fighter, designed in 1938 by Michael Gregor and built by Canadian Car and Foundry. The aircraft at the time had an innovative, cutting-edge design, an all-metal airframe, the use of blind rivets, retractable main landing gear and clean aerodynamic shapes.

The Gregor FDB-1 was a Canadian biplane fighter, designed in 1938 by Michael Gregor and manufactured by Canadian Car and Foundry. Despite being an advanced and innovative design, incorporating all-metal construction with flush riveting, retractable undercarriage and a sleek shape, the FDB-I was...

The Gregor FDB-1 (FDB stood for Fighter Dive-Bomber) was a fascinating project by the Canadian Can-Car Company for a biplane fighter designed just before World War 2. Only one prototype was ever built.

The only Canadian Car and Foundry-built Gregor FDB-1 is rolled out of the Fort William factory on a cold and clear December day in 1938 for a photo op and engine run. The aircraft is not yet been fitted with its massive bare metal spinner of the final design.

The aircraft he designed was designated FDB-1, indicating its intended role as a fighter dive-bomber, but it has been popularly known as the Gregor Fighter in deference to its designer. Its stubby fuselage was of stressed-skin construction and the landing gear wheels folded pneumatically, quickly and neatly, into its sides forward of the wing.