Aeroplane Monthly 1985-01
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R.Beamont - Sing a song of shock-stall (1)
Eric Greenwood, Gloster's chief test pilot, flying the first Meteor IV with Rolls-Royce Derwent V engines prepared for the 1945 world speed record attempt.
Meteor IV EE455 in all-yellow finish for the 1945 world's airspeed record trials. The pilots were Gp Capt “Willie” Wilson and Eric Greenwood.
Meteor IV EE454 modified with stiffener plates on the canopy for the 1946 High Speed tests.
Gloster's sales demonstrator Meteor T.7 G-AKPK seen over the Severn area.
Gp Capt E. M. Donaldson flies low past the RAF Tangmere control tower in Meteor IV EE530, one of the High Speed Flight’s hack aircraft, in July 1946.