The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies’ only jet aircraft to achieve combat operations during the Second World War.
This Gloster Meteor F8 was on display at RAF London.
There is a Gloster Meteor on display at Duxford.
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The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies’ only jet aircraft to achieve combat operations during the Second World War.
This Gloster Meteor F8 was on display at RAF London.
There is a Gloster Meteor on display at Duxford.
This Gloster Meteor F8 Prone Position was on display at RAF Cosford.
A much modified Meteor F8 fighter, the ‘prone position’ Meteor, was used to evaluate the advantages of coping with the effects of gravity while flying lying down. In practice the difficulties of operating the controls of the aircraft outweighed the advantages.