The Gloster Goldfinch was a single-engined single-seat high-altitude biplane fighter of all-metal construction from the later 1920s.

In January 1926 the Air Ministry funded Gloster Aircraft to produce an all-metal version of their Gamecock for a high altitude fighter role, hence requiring a supercharged engine.

The tail also was slightly different, the tailplane having rounded trailing tips and the fin, initially, was very broad in chord and short in height.

[3] Throughout, the Goldfinch was powered by a supercharged 450 hp (335 kW) Bristol Jupiter VIIF driving a 9 ft (2.74 m) two-bladed fixed-pitch propeller.

[1][2] The Goldfinch first flew in May 1927,[4] and in December it went to RAF Martlesham Heath for trials where it proved fast and high with a rapid climb rate,[1] and generally good manoeverability, although spinning behaviour was substandard.