It was also the first Australian-designed and built aircraft to be taken on strength (put into operational service) by the Royal Australian Air Force.

The Gannet was a strut-braced, high-wing monoplane of conventional design, with twin engines mounted in nacelles on the wings.

The wings were of wooden construction, skinned in plywood, and the fuselage was built from welded steel covered in fabric.

[1] The prototype Gannet underwent flight testing in October 1935, and was destroyed in a crash shortly thereafter.

The type was operated by Butler Air Transport between Sydney and Broken Hill[1][5] and at least one flew with Ansett Airways in 1943.