Мир Авиации 1996-01 / В.Котельников - Метеор /Авиадосье/

Первый прототип Gloster F.9/40, май 1943г.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2013-04 / В.Бакурский - Реактивные самолеты Германии. Могли ли они изменить ход войны? /Из истории мировой авиации/

Истребитель Глостер «Метеор» F.MK.I

Мир Авиации 1996-01 / В.Котельников - Метеор /Авиадосье/

Meteor F.I из 616 эскадрильи RAF во время операций по перехвату самолетов-снарядов V-1, 1944г.

Air International 1982-05 / Model enthusiast

Gloster Meteor F Mk 3 EE270, with long-span wing and short nacelles, serving late 1945 with No 245 Squadron at RAF Colerne.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2002-03 / В.Котельников - Глостер "Метеор" (2)

"Метеор" F.Mk 3 из 245-й эскадрильи RAF, 1945г.

Air International 2008-09 / D.Hobbs - Gloster Meteor /Aircraft profile/

Gloster Meteor F.3 (navalised version) EE337/ 051 'FD', carried out the first British twin-jet carrier landing on HMS Implacable in June 1948, piloted by Lt Cdr Eric 'Winkle' Brown DSC RN. The arrester hook was an 'A'-frame design identical to those used on the de Havilland Sea Hornet. The aircraft later saw service with the RN Service Trials Unit, 703 NAS, at RNAS Ford, Sussex, and is shown as it appeared in that unit's markings in 1952.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (2)

Side view of EE445, the Mark III fitted with the Griffith laminar-flow outer wing panels with boundary-layer suction system. The modifications were engineered and installed by Armstrong Whitworth at Baginton in the sheds now owned by Air Atlantique.

Air International 1982-05 / Model enthusiast

The unarmed Meteor 4 EE455 (converted on the production line from a Mk 3) with long-span wing and long nacelles, for RAF High Speed Flight, November 1945.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2002-03 / В.Котельников - Глостер "Метеор" (2)

"Метеор" F.Mk 3, с двигателями Роллс-Ройс "Дервент", подготовленный для полета на установление рекорда скорости, сентябрь 1945г.

Мировая Авиация 41

EE455 был одним из двух Meteor F.Mk 3, доведенных до стандарта F.Mk 4 для использования на соревнованиях Королевских ВВС "High Speed Flight". 7 ноября 1945 года самолет с индексом EE455 развил скорость 970 км/ч, а EE454 установил рекорд в 975 км/ч.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (2)

Mark IV RA435 shown as configured in 1949 to undertake research for Rolls-Royce into the application of afterburning on the company's Derwent 5. This was only a part of a two-year programme in which the aircraft assisted the development of the Derwent.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (2)

Before the jet deflection programme, RA490 was a testbed for two Beryl turbojets proposed for the Saro SR.A/1. It is shown here with the Beryls in summer 1947, after it had been used in drop-tests to determine the strength of the undercarriage and wing centre-section of the Meteor in general.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (3)

RA491 as it appeared when first fitted with Rolls-Royce Avon RA.2s and flown on April 29, 1949.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (3)

Two-and-a-half years later it was modified by Air Service Training to test-fly the SNECMA Atar 101 B21 engine, for which it was fitted with a Mk 8 front fuselage.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (3)

Side view of VT196 as it was when used in 1953 as a flying testbed for the Canadian-designed reheat on their Orenda engines. The unusual length of the installation was determined by the system’s feature of fuel injection ahead of the Derwent’s turbine, which reduced blade temperatures before the fuel was ignited in the afterburner section.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (3)

VT196’s first use by Rolls-Royce in 1948 was on Derwent 5 development at Hucknall, which included testing experimental reheat systems.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (6)

Meteor 4 VW790 which, although a late production example of the mark, retained the long-span wings of earlier Mk 4s and was unusual in having enlarged intakes which became standard on later Mk 8s. It is highly likely that the four-cannon armament was fitted on the assembly line, but for all its time on Vickers-Armstrongs' Red Dean programme, it flew as depicted.

Мир Авиации 1996-01 / В.Котельников - Метеор /Авиадосье/

Meteor F.4 из 323 эскадрильи Королевских ВВС Голландии, 1949г.

Мировая Авиация 141

Голландские Meteor F.Mk 4 были идентичны британским машинам. Изображен самолет из 323-й эскадрильи на момент 1949 года. Поставка машин началась в июне 1947 года.

Aviation Historian 19 / S.Rivas - Blue on blue

The FAeA’s Meteors retained a natural-metal finish during the revolution, the rebels applying hand-painted symbols including the letter “V” with a cross above it, denoting “Cristo vence” - “Christ wins” - symbolising their support for the Catholic church, which opposed Peron. Loyalist Meteors had a “V” with a “P” for “Peron”.

Авиация и Время 2011-05 / А.Котлобовский - Разрывы бомб под звуки танго (2)

Gloster Meteor F.Mk.IV авиации повстанцев. Кордова, сентябрь 1955 г.

Авиация и Время 2011-06 / А.Котлобовский - Разрывы бомб под звуки танго (3)

Meteor F.4 из 3-й ИБАГ/VII-й авиабригады ВВС Аргентины. Аэродром Мерседес (Корриентес), октябрь 1960 г.

Air International 2008-09 / D.Hobbs - Gloster Meteor /Aircraft profile/

Gloster Meteor T.7 WS103/294 in its original finish attached, as an instrument training aircraft, to 813 NAS in 1953. The unit was re-equipping with Westland Wyverns, which had no dual-control variant for pilot standardisation checks.

Air International 2008-09 / D.Hobbs - Gloster Meteor /Aircraft profile/

Gloster Meteor T.7 WS103/709 'VL' in its final paint scheme attached to the Station Flight RN AS Yeovilton, Somerset, in 1966. It now forms part of the Fleet Air Arm Museum Collection and is stored at Cobham Hall, RNAS Yeovilton.

Air International 2008-09 / D.Hobbs - Gloster Meteor /Aircraft profile/

Gloster Meteor T.7 WS116/935 'LM' of the Station Flight RNAS Lossiemouth, Moray, in 1961. It was used by 700Z NAS, the Buccaneer Intensive Flying Trials Unit, for pilot instrument checks as there were no dual-control Buccaneers.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (6)

VW443, the Mk 7 which had a modified nose with a large glazed forward-facing aperture while operating on the Blue Jay air-to-air missile trials programme for de Havilland Propellers.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (2)

Mark IV EE573 which, after conversion to T.7 trainer standard, saw service with RRE Defford for a variety of research programmes. It is shown with the nose modified to undertake guided weapon head trials and fitted with an experimental tail horn installation used in a programme for the detection of centimetric AI transmissions to counter rear-end air attacks.

Air International 1982-05 / Model enthusiast

Meteor PR Mk 10 VS979, with long-span wing and Mk 4 tail unit, used by No 541 Squadron, RAF Buckeburg, Germany in 1952.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2002-03 / В.Котельников - Глостер "Метеор" (2)

"Метеор" PR.Mk 10 из 541-й эскадрильи RAF, Германия, 1952г.

Air International 2008-09 / D.Hobbs - Gloster Meteor /Aircraft profile/

Gloster Meteor U.15 RA375/658 'F' of 728(B) NAS at RNAS Hal Far, Malta, in early 1960, where it was used as a target for live Sea Slug anti-aircraft missile firings. It survived these, but was destroyed after its return to the UK when a ground controller at RAE Aberporth, Ceredigion, inadvertently pressed its self-destruct button in May 1960.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (3)

1959 saw the aircraft’s final modification when converted by Flight Refuelling Limited into a U.15 target drone, although it was always employed as a manned version.

Air Enthusiast 2003-05 / T.Buttler - UK jet pioneers (1)

Первый опытный "Метеор" - Глостер F9/40 (DG 202/G).
Intended as the first F9/40, DG202 was fitted with W2B/23s and first flew on July 24, 1943.

Мир Авиации 1996-01 / В.Котельников - Метеор /Авиадосье/

Второй прототип Meteor F.I с двигателями Rolls-Royce B.23 Welland.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2002-02 / В.Котельников - Глостер "Метеор" (1)

Опытный Глостер F9/40 (DG208/G)

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / B.Gunston - The first jet fighters

Photographed in February 1943, F.9/40 Meteor fifth prototype DG206 was equipped with a pair of 1,500lb thrust Halford H.1 turbojets which enabled it to become the first Meteor to fly, on March 5 that year. Note bullet fairing behind tailplane rather than in front.

Air Pictorial 1995-04 / G.Swanborough - British aircraft at war, 1939-1945 (16)

The first F.9/40 - prototype for the Meteor - to fly, DG206/G was fitted with Halford H.1 engines. A wide centre section gave this F.9/40 alone a span of 44 ft 3 in (13.49 m). It first flew on March 5, 1943.

Aeroplane Monthly 1998-12 / B.Jones - Perfecting the power /Airborne engine testbeds/ (6)

Gloster F.9/40 DG206/G was the fifth aircraft from a batch of 12 ordered by the Ministry of Aircraft Production. First flown on March 5, 1943, it was redesignated F.9/40H and was powered by de Havilland H.1 engines, subsequently named Goblins.

Мировая Авиация 5

5 марта 1943г. Дебютировал первый Gloster Meteor (DG206) - единственный турбореактивный самолет союзников, принимавший участие во Второй мировой войне.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2013-04 / В.Бакурский - Реактивные самолеты Германии. Могли ли они изменить ход войны? /Из истории мировой авиации/

Первый опытный английский реактивный истребитель "Метеор" готовится к взлету

Air Enthusiast 2003-05 / T.Buttler - UK jet pioneers (1)

Летчик-испытатель Майкл Донт (второй слева), Фрэнк Уиттл (второй справа) и Джордж Картер (первый справа у четвертого прототипа Глостер F9/40 (DG205/G) с двигателями W.2B/23.
A group with the fourth prototype Gloster F.9/40, DG205/G, at Barford St John near Banbury during early company flight tests of the Meteor's progenitor in 1943. F9/40 DG205 was fitted with W2B/23s and first flew on June 12, 1943. Left to right: John (Tiny) Crosby-Warren, test-pilot; Michael Gaunt (Daunt ???), chief test-pilot; Frank McKenna, Gloster general manager; Gp Capt Frank Whittle, W G Carter (George Carter), Gloster chief designer.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / B.Gunston - The first jet fighters

One of the first production Meteor Is gets a checkover. The starboard Welland engine and sideways-hinging canopy are well shown.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2002-02 / В.Котельников - Глостер "Метеор" (1)

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / B.Gunston - The first jet fighters

The second production Meteor I, EE211, was powered by 1,700lb thrust Rolls-Royce Welland Is.

Air Pictorial 1995-04 / G.Swanborough - British aircraft at war, 1939-1945 (16)

An early production Meteor F Mk 1, EE227, in the hands of No 616 Sqn, first in the RAF to fly jet fighters.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2002-02 / В.Котельников - Глостер "Метеор" (1)

Пятый серийный "Метеор" F.I

Авиация и Космонавтика 2023-03 / Некоторые знаменательные даты марта в истории авиации

Aeroplane Monthly 1998-10 / J.Golley - Working with a genius (2)

An imposing head-on shot of Meteor I EE214, showing the smoky efflux of its Welland engines. This aircraft served with 616 Sqn.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-08 / R.Beamont - Tangmere summer (1)

A 616 Sqn Meteor I at Manston in August 1944. The author had his first experience of jet flight during that month in another of the squadrons Meteors, VQ-I.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1980-01

Meteor Is of No. 616 Squadron lined up on the PSP hardstanding on the south side of Manston in 4 January 1945

Мировая Авиация 187

Самолеты Meteor F.Mk I/III из состава 616-й эскадрильи на авиабазе Колерн перед отправкой в Европу, январь 1945 года. Эскадрилья стала первой, получившей Meteor в июле 1944 года.
The RAF's first jet unit was 616 Squadron, formed at Mansion with Meteor F.IIIs in December 1945.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / B.Gunston - The first jet fighters

Meteor Is of 616 Squadron at Mansion, Kent, in 1945. Operations against V.1 flying bombs had begun on July 27, 1944.

Мировая Авиация 187

Meteor F.Mk I, EE210/G, стал первым "экспортным" Meteor - в феврале 1944 года его передали ВВС Армии США для оценочных испытаний на авиабазе Мурок. Взамен британцы получили Bell YP-59A Airacomet.
The first Meteor I after delivery to the USA in exchange for a Bell XP-59 Airacomet.

Air Pictorial 1958-08 / Scrapbook

In May Forum Mr. P. H. Green says he's never seen a photograph of the first production Gloster Meteor Mk. 1 (EE210/G). He has now, and complete with U.S. Army Air Force insigne which he queries. This photograph was taken at Muroc (now Edwards A.F. Flight Test Centre) in the spring of 1944. If anyone is interested they can locate another view of EE210/G on page 158 of test pilot John Grierson's book Jet Flight (Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London 1946). Grierson's photo is a three-quarter front view in which the U.S.A.A.F. fuselage insigne can just be seen to the right of the test pilot's head. [This view does not show the whole aeroplane-ED.] In Jet Flight Grierson states (on p. 145) that he flew the exchange Meteor for the first time at Muroc on 23rd April 1944. In the background of my photo are (right to left) two Army Air Force Douglas A-24 Dauntless dive-bombers, a Vultee BT-13A Valiant basic trainer and the tail of a P-51 Mustang. Don't ask me for the block numbers.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas SBD Dauntless - СШАUSA - 1939Vultee BT-13 / SNV Valiant - СШАUSA - 1939

Aeroplane Monthly 1998-12 / D.Webb - The unsung gallants /Test flyers/ (2)

Опытный Глостер F9/40 (DG204/G) с двигателями F.2
The third prototype Gloster F.9/40, DG204/G, was powered by a pair of Metrovick F.2 axial-flow turbojets in distinctively underslung cowlings. When one of these burst its compressor drum over the RAE on January 4, 1944, “Dougal” Davie was killed while attempting to bale out.

Aeroplane Monthly 1994-01 / R.Dennis - Farnborough's caterpillars (1)

Испытания двигателей Metro-Vick F.2 с осевым компрессором проводились на прототипе Meteor, DG204/G, с ноября 1943 года по апрель 1944 года, причем мотогондолы монтировались под крылом.
Gloster F.9/40 DG204, powered by underslung Metropolitan Vickers F.2 axial-flow turbojets, seen at Bentham in 1943.

OS 1 / H.Cowin - X-Planes

The Gloster G.41, DG204/G was the third of eight prototypes of what were to become the Meteor. DG 204/G was the only one to be fitted with two 1,800lb s.t. Metropolitan Vickers F2 axial turbojets originating from the work of Dr A. A. Griffith at the RAE. Readily distinguishable from the other prototypes by its underslung engine nacelles, DG 204/G first took to the air on 13 November 1943, a little over eight months after that of the first G.41, a DH Goblin-powered machine, on 5 March 1943. DG 204/G's brief flying career ended catastrophically on 1 April 1944, when it was lost following an in-flight engine disintegration, fatally injuring its pilot Sqn. Ldr. Douglas Davie.

Air Enthusiast 2003-05 / T.Buttler - UK jet pioneers (1)

F9/40 DG204 had two MetroVick F2 axial jets. Illustrated tied down for early ground runs, it first flew on November 13, 1941.

Air Enthusiast 2003-05 / T.Buttler - UK jet pioneers (1)

A mock-up MetroVick F2 in front of an F9/40.

Aviation Historian 11 / K.Hayward - High Anxiety

NEWLY-APPOINTED TAH Editorial Board member Gregory Alegi recently found this photograph while looking for something else. We are sure we’ve seen it before, but cannot recall the occasion or the story behind it. Can anyone from the readership provide chapter and verse? If so, please contact the Editor or the Managing Editor.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lancastrian / Type 691 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945De Havilland Mosquito F - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941De Havilland Vampire / D.H.100 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

Авиация и Космонавтика 2002-02 / В.Котельников - Глостер "Метеор" (1)

"Метеор" F.III

Air Enthusiast 1994-09 / I.Spring - Springbok Jet Age

EE429 at Palmietfontein during ‘hot-and-high’ trials. Note that the ventral fuel tank is fitted.

Air Enthusiast 1994-09 / I.Spring - Springbok Jet Age

RAF ‘Dominion’ Meteor EE336 at Khartoum during tropical trials

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1980-03

Meteor F.3 5839M (ex-EE402) at Henlow in December 1946

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1980-03

Meteor F.3 EE420 of No.500 Squadron

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Gloster Meteor Jet-propelled Fighter Monoplane (two Rolls-Royce turbo-jet units).

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-02 / R.Beamont - Sing a song of shock-stall (2)

Eric Greenwood flying Meteor F.3 EE457.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

The Gloster Meteor III Single-seat Fighter (two Rolls-Royce Derwent I engines).
The Meteor III was the first version of the Gloster jet fighter to be built in substantial numbers.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-08 / A.Lumsden - Gloster Meteor /Take a card/ (13)

Early Meteors were powered with Rolls-Royce W.2B/23C Welland or Derwent I turbojets.

Air Enthusiast 1994-09 / I.Spring - Springbok Jet Age

EE429 above the clouds during a sortie over Pretoria.

Air Enthusiast 1994-09 / I.Spring - Springbok Jet Age

Meteor EE429 during a high-speed pass at the Baragwanath air display.

Мировая Авиация 187

F. Mk III - второй вариант Meteor, поступивший в войска. В январе 1945 года эти самолеты получила 616-я эскадрилья. Звено F.Mk III было направлено в Бельгию с целью борьбы с немецкими реактивными истребителями Me 262, они окрашивались в белый цвет.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-08 / A.Lumsden - Gloster Meteor /Take a card/ (13)

Meteor F.3 EE401 flew with 74, 222 and 206 Sqns before colliding with VT405 on September 9, 1952.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / B.Gunston - The first jet fighters

Gloster G.41D Meteor III EE401, powered by a pair of 2,000lb thrust Derwents, was photographed in October 1945.

Мир Авиации 1996-01 / В.Котельников - Метеор /Авиадосье/

F.3 (он же F.III). Хорошо видны короткие мотогондолы двигателей Derwent I.

Aeroplane Monthly 1998-10 / J.Golley - Working with a genius (2)

A Meteor F.3 in the overall white finish which was applied to facilitate identification over mainland Europe, circa 1945.

Air Enthusiast 1994-09 / I.Spring - Springbok Jet Age

A pleasing starboard side view of Meteor EE429 against the clouds.

Aeroplane Monthly 2000-02 / Millenium moments /Unforgettable events/

Jim Morrow recalls Benny Lynch’s ejection from Martin-Baker’s Meteor Mk 3 in July 1946.

Air Pictorial 1995-04 / G.Swanborough - British aircraft at war, 1939-1945 (16)

Meteor IIIs of No 124 Sqn, which began flying this mark in July 1945.

Авиация и Время 2016-02 / А.Чечин - Парадный истребитель (Самолет МиГ-9)

Истребитель «Метеор» F.3

Air Enthusiast 1971-11 / R.Braybrook - Decline and Fall? /Fighters in the RAF/ (3)

The RAF's first jet fighters were the Gloster Meteor and the de Havilland Vampire. Illustrated are Meteor F Mk IIIs of No 124 Squadron in 1946.

Мир Авиации 1996-01 / В.Котельников - Метеор /Авиадосье/

Тройка F.3 из 212-й эскадрильи королевских ВВС в учебном полете над Англией, 1945г.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-01 / D.Middleton - Sammy Wroath /Test Pilot Profile/ (15)

More ETPS aircraft up from Boscombe in 1946. From left to right, a Meteor III, a Vampire I and a Spitfire 24.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Vampire / D.H.100 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVIII / 21 / 22 / 24 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944

Air Pictorial 1988-02 / R.Collis - Gloster Meteor III /Experiences on Types/ (5)

"RC", one of four Welland-engined Meteor IIIs of the Meteor Flight of the Central Fighter Establishment, piloted by the author and seen landing at Tangmere in 1945. This shot is a frame from what was probably the world's first instructional film on flying jet aircraft. Only fifteen Welland-engined Meteor IIIs were built, EE230-EE244

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1980-03

A line-up of Derwent-powered Meteor IIIs of 74 Squadron at Bentwaters, September 1945. The sliding, clear-view canopy introduced on the Mk III is well shown here.
No.74 Squadron Meteor F.3s lined up at Colerne in September 1945 in wartime colours.

Air International 1985-01 / E.Brown - Dawn of the Carrier Jet /Viewed from the Cockpit/

View of the Meteor F Mk 3 EE337 landing aboard HMS Implacable on 8 June 1948.

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-01 / D.Middleton - Eric M. Brown /Test Pilot Profile/ (13)

Eric Brown carrying out deck landing trials with Meteor F.3 EE337 aboard HMS Implacable during the summer of 1949.

Air International 1985-01 / E.Brown - Dawn of the Carrier Jet /Viewed from the Cockpit/

Посадка "Метеора" на палубу авианосца
View of the Meteor F Mk 3 EE337 landing aboard HMS Implacable on 8 June 1948. The V-frame arrester hook about to pick up the No 2 wire, came from a Sea Hornet.

Мировая Авиация 65

7 ноября 1945г.: груп-кэптен X. Уилсон на самолете Gloster Meteor F.Mk IV Britannia установил первый послевоенный рекорд скорости полета - 975,64 км/ч.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

The Gloster Meteor IV Single-seat Fighter (two Rolls-Royce Derwent V engines).

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-10 / P.Heath - Meteoric records

EE454 at Manston on October 23, 1945.

Air Pictorial 1995-04 / G.Swanborough - British aircraft at war, 1939-1945 (16)

Meteor III EE360/G fitted with Derwent V engines to serve as the prototype F Mk IV, flown two weeks after V-E Day.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-02 / R.Beamont - Sing a song of shock-stall (2)

Bill Eaves pre-flights the high altitude research Meteor at Warton in 1948.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-05 / D.Middleton - H.J. "Willie" Wilson /Test Pilot Profile/ (12)

Originally a Meteor F.III, EE454 was modified to F.4 standard, but without armament, and given a high gloss finish for the record attempt.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Gloster Meteor IV (two Rolls-Royce Derwent V turbo-jet engines), the holder of the World's Speed Record.

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-10 / P.Heath - Meteoric records

Meteor EE454. Aircraft was originally Meteor F.3s but was taken from the production line and modified to F.4 standard, but without armament, and given a high speed finish for the record attempt. The aircraft was powered by the 4,000lb-thrust Rolls-Royce Derwent 5.

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-10 / P.Heath - Meteoric records

The all-yellow Meteor EE455. Aircraft was originally Meteor F.3s but was taken from the production line and modified to F.4 standard, but without armament, and given a high speed finish for the record attempt. The aircraft was powered by the 4,000lb-thrust Rolls-Royce Derwent 5.

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-10 / P.Heath - Meteoric records

The all yellow EE455.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-01 / R.Beamont - Sing a song of shock-stall (1)

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.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-05 / D.Middleton - H.J. "Willie" Wilson /Test Pilot Profile/ (12)

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-10 / P.Heath - Meteoric records

Eric S. Greenwood, left, leaves the cockpit of the yellow Meteor, EE455, after making his high speed runs, and Gp Capt H. J. Wilson enters Britannia, EE454. Note the shirtsleeves and braces.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-05 / D.Middleton - H.J. "Willie" Wilson /Test Pilot Profile/ (12)

Gp Capt H. J. Wilson and Eric Greenwood face the press after their record breaking flights of November 7, 1945.

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-10 / P.Heath - Meteoric records

One of the timing photographs taken by boffins at the end of each run.

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-12 / D.Middleton - Neville Duke /Test Pilot Profile/ (8)

Neville Duke, left, Gp Capt E.M. Donaldson and Sqn Ldr Bill Waterton with Meteor F.4 EE549 on September 7, 1946.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / J.Meadows - The Auxiliary Tradition (3)

Some of 600 Sqn's pilots in front of a Meteor 4 during the summer of 1951. The author is sitting in the centre of the front row. Note the squadron badge on the Meteor's fuselage.

Air Pictorial 1955-06 / The journal of a roving spotter

The Meteor 4 once used by Air Chief Marshal Sir James Robbs as his personal aircraft.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1980-03

Meteor F.4 VT109

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-10 / H.Field - Advancing in review order

The author’s pride and joy for an entire month - Meteor F.4 VZ416 on the north-east apron at RAF Oakington. This Meteor was struck off RAF charge in October 1954.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-08 / J.Meadows - The Auxiliary Tradition (5)

Two 600 (City of London) Squadron RAuxAF Meteor 4s taking off from RAF Thorney Island during summer camp in June 1950. The squadron received its Meteor 4s a couple of months earlier.

Air International 1980-09 / Fighter A to Z

The Meteor F Mk 4 was exported to five air forces and more than 500 were built for the RAF.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2002-02 / В.Котельников - Глостер "Метеор" (1)

Глостер "Метеор" F.4

Aeroplane Monthly 1994-01 / B.Robertson - An AID to quality (3)

This head-on view of a Gloster Meteor F.4 shows well the delineated walkway markings on the upper wing surfaces. The stencilling on the engine nacelles states “THIS FAIRING CONTAINS 130LB BALLAST”. Datum marks are noted at regular intervals a short distance back from the wing leading edges.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Gloster Meteor Jet-propelled Fighter Monoplane (two Rolls-Royce turbo-jet units).

Aviation Historian 22 / M.Bearman - Tunnel vision

The Gloster Meteor initially sported two teardrop-shaped engine nacelles (as seen left), creating separation and drag, as discovered in wool-tufting trials in 1944. Altering the shape so that longer nacelles (as right) gave straighter junctions and reduced pressure gradients delayed separation and added up to 50 m.p.h. (80km/h) to the aircraft’s maximum speed.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-08 / A.Lumsden - Gloster Meteor /Take a card/ (13)

Meteor EE360, built as an F.3, became the prototype F.4. It made its first flight as such On July 17, 1945.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Gloster Meteor IV (two Rolls-Royce Derwent V turbo-jet engines) which established a new World's speed record of 606 m.p.h. (969.6 km.h.) on November 7, 1945.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-01 / 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.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

The Gloster Meteor IV (two Rolls-Royce Derwent V turbo-jets) which established a World's Speed Record of 616 m.p.h. (991 km.h.) in September, 1946.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-01 / R.Beamont - Sing a song of shock-stall (1)

Meteor IV EE454 modified with stiffener plates on the canopy for the 1946 High Speed tests.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-01 / R.Beamont - Sing a song of shock-stall (1)

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.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / B.Gunston - The first jet fighters

With the entry of the Meteor F.4 into service, powered by up rated Derwent V engines, the RAF had a really reliable and fast front-line jet fighter.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2002-02 / В.Котельников - Глостер "Метеор" (1)

"Метеор" F.4 бельгийских ВВС

Мир Авиации 1996-01 / В.Котельников - Метеор /Авиадосье/

"Короткокрылые" F.4 из 263-й эскадрильи, 1950г.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / B.Gunston - The first jet fighters

A quartet of Meteor F.4s from 43 Squadron in 1950. The three nearest aircraft are VT256, VT104 and VT245.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / J.Meadows - The Auxiliary Tradition (3)

Six 600 Sqn Gloster Meteor 4s in echelon starboard, flying from RAF Thorney Island in June 1950. The squadron flew Meteor 4s from March 1950 until February 1952.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-04 / J.Meadows - The Auxiliary Tradition (1)

Six 600 Sqn Gloster Meteor IVs in echelon starboard, flying from RAF Thorney Island in June 1950.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / J.Meadows - The Auxiliary Tradition (3)

Four 600 Sqn Meteor 4s in line abreast, circa 1951. Note the reversion to pre-war squadron markings - red triangles on a white background, the City of London colours.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-10 / H.Field - Advancing in review order

The Meteor 4s of the 25 Group detachment of RAF Oakington practise their formation flying on July 11, 1953. The author is flying aircraft VZ416, nearest the camera.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-10 / H.Field - Advancing in review order

The complete detachment passes over RAF Oakington dur­ing practice.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Vampire / D.H.100 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / J.Meadows - The Auxiliary Tradition (3)

A formation flypast of 600 and 615 Sqn Meteor 4s over RAF Biggin Hill on April 16, 1951.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-01 / D.Middleton - Sammy Wroath /Test Pilot Profile/ (15)

A varied formation up from the Empire Test Pilots School at Boscombe. Nearest the camera is D.H. Vampire FB.5 VV672, with Meteor F.4 VW303, Lincoln B.2 RF538, a Mosquito and a Firefly stretching away into the distance.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lincoln / Type 694 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944De Havilland Mosquito B / D.H.98 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940De Havilland Vampire / D.H.100 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943Fairey Firefly - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / J.Meadows - The Auxiliary Tradition (3)

Fg Off Keith Hazelwood touches down at the Farnborough RAF Display in July 1950 after winning the Cooper Trophy pylon race at an average speed of 511 m.p.h. flying Meteor 4 VZ429.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-09 / M.Hardy - All the Queen's forces (1)

This was the scene at RAF Odiham on July 8, 1953, during rehearsals for the Review a week before the event. On the left are Royal Canadian Air Force Sabres.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Canadair CL-13 Sabre - КанадаCanada - 1950Handley Page Hastings / H.P.67 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1946Vickers Viking / Valetta - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-12 / N.Lees - You can't keep a good man down

Meteor F.4s of Nos 74, 249 and 263 Sqns RAF, plus a Hastings, at Luqa.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Handley Page Hastings / H.P.67 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1946

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / J.Meadows - The Auxiliary Tradition (3)

600 Sqn Meteor 4s at RAF Biggin Hill on April 16, 1951 on the occasion of a visit from the Secretary of State for Air, Arthur Henderson.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1981-02

Meteor F.4s of No.1 Squadron at Tangmere

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-03 / Personal album

A dramatic shot of RAF Manston taken from 14 Sqn Mosquito B.35 TA694 on September 25, 1949 during a raid exercise codenamed Operation Bulldog. This sortie was flown from Celle and the return trip took 3hr 35min. The aircraft on the ground at Manston are Meteors.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Mosquito B / D.H.98 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940

Мир Авиации 1996-01 / В.Котельников - Метеор /Авиадосье/

Meteor F.4 ВВС Нидерландов.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2002-03 / В.Котельников - Глостер "Метеор" (2)

Голландские "Метеоры" F.4

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-05 / ??? - Cutting it too fine

Lt Capt Soerensen in his Meteor F.4 approaching Copenhagen harbour inverted and at about 40ft above the water. In front of him are the masts of the yachts he is about to hit.

Мир Авиации 1996-01 / В.Котельников - Метеор /Авиадосье/

Meteor F.4, экспериментально оснащенный подвеской двух 1000-фунтовых (454 кг) бомб.

Aviation Historian 17 / T.Cooper - Baptism of War

Egypt’s first two Meteors - F.4 serial “1401” (nearest camera) and T.7 two-seat trainer “1400” - over the Gloucestershire countryside before their delivery to Egypt, where they arrived on October 27, 1949. By the time the Suez Crisis erupted the EAF had received 12 F.4s, six T.7s, 12 F.8 fighters and six NF. 13 nightfighter variants.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2002-03 / В.Котельников - Глостер "Метеор" (2)

Египетские "Метеоры" F.4 принимали участие в отражении тройственной агрессии во время "Суэцкого кризиса" в 1956г.

Air International 1982-06 / ??? - Egypt: an air power in transition (3)

Египетские "Метеоры" над зоной Суэцкого канала
The first Meteor F Mk 4 and T Mk 7 delivered to the REAF in October 1949. The Service was to receive 36 Meteors of all types.

Aviation Historian 17 / T.Cooper - Baptism of War

The Egyptian Air Force was the first Middle East air arm to operate jet-powered aircraft, Gloster Meteors forming a considerable part of its early jet fighter force. The first of its F.4 variants, a trio of which is seen here over the Pyramids of Giza, was delivered to Cairo at the end of October 1949.

Air International 1982-09

A photograph of a Meteor F Mk 4 in revised Egyptian markings in the late 'fifties.

Air Pictorial 2000-05 / D.Nicolle - Canberra down!

The Royal Egyptian Air Force received its first Gloster Meteors late in 1949. Standing in front of an uncamouflaged Meteor F.4 following its delivery are, left to right, Fikri Zahir, Tahir Zaki, Salam Nofal and an unnamed, perhaps British, pilot. When the Suez crisis flared up, Tahir Zaki was in Syria helping train SAF pilots on Meteors, and he subsequently helped draw up the interception plan which resulted in the downing of the RAF Canberra.

Air Enthusiast 2003-03 / J.Cicalesi, C.Gaizo, S.Rivas - Into the jet age

After landing at the forge Newbery city airport, a Meteor is towed to the 'Julio 9' exhibition in September 1947.

Aviation Historian 19 / S.Rivas - Blue on blue

Мятежники использовали продукцию местного авиапрома - самолеты IAe-22DL и "Пульки II" (фото)
Following the conclusion of the Revolution on September 21, 1955, a victory parade was organised for the following day, to include a flypast by FAeA aircraft, including the IAe-33 Pulqui II and Meteors seen here being prepared at the FMA.
Wearing 'Revolution' markings, a Meteor during the 'Victory Day' parade at Cordoba. To the left is the prototype Pulqui II, which probably was also used in combat.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: FMA IAe.33 Pulqui II - АргентинаArgentina - 1950

Авиация и Время 2011-05 / А.Котлобовский - Разрывы бомб под звуки танго (2)

Авиация и Время 2011-05 / А.Котлобовский - Разрывы бомб под звуки танго (2)

Правительственный "Метеор" атакует корабли мятежников

Air Enthusiast 2003-03 / J.Cicalesi, C.Gaizo, S.Rivas - Into the jet age

В июне 1955 г. летчики "Метеоров" воевали и за Президента Перона, и против него
Tucking the gear up quickly following a rough field take-off.

Aviation Historian 19 / S.Rivas - Blue on blue

Aviation Historian 19 / S.Rivas - Blue on blue

When the rebel FAeA Meteors landed at Montevideo in Uruguay in the wake of the failed June 1955 military coup, the Uruguayans had little first-hand experience of jet-powered fighter aircraft, its own most advanced fighter being the North American F-51 Mustang. Naturally, the Uruguayan Air Force made the most of the opportunity to explore the most modern military aircraft then in South America. The four Meteors that escaped to Uruguay - I-031, I-058, I-094 and I-098 - were all comprehensively inspected by the Uruguayans, as seen here, before being returned to Argentina the following month. The Uruguayans received their first jet aircraft in the shape of the Lockheed T-33 trainer in the late 1950s.

Aviation Historian 19 / S.Rivas - Blue on blue

Rebel-operated Meteor I-043 at the FMA in Cordoba during the September revolution. This aircraft was originally built as part of an RAF batch and given the serial EE540, although it never served as such and was diverted to become part of the FAeA consignment in June 1947. It was written off in an accident in May 1956.

Air Enthusiast 2003-03 / J.Cicalesi, C.Gaizo, S.Rivas - Into the jet age

Believed pictured during flight test in the UK, I-065 was destroyed in a forced-landing in 1958.

Aviation Historian 19 / S.Rivas - Blue on blue

Meteor I-066 taxying at an airfield some time after the September 1955 revolution, but still bearing the somewhat crude markings applied by hand to the aircraft by the rebels. The “I” designation was originally applied to denote "Interceptor", but when the type was modified in the late 1950s to carry rockets and bombs for the ground-attack role, the designation was changed to “C” for Caza (Fighter). Thus I-066 became C-066.

Aviation Historian 19 / S.Rivas - Blue on blue

A 1949 photograph of a group of FAeA pilots in front of an impressive line-up of the air arm’s Meteors at Comandante Espora. The latter was one of the most active air bases during the Revolucion Libertadora in September 1955, although none of the Meteors - rebel or loyalist - ever operated from it during the revolution.

Aviation Historian 19 / S.Rivas - Blue on blue

Following the failure of the attempted military coup in June 1955, four of the Meteors operated by the rebels escaped to neighbouring Uruguay, where I-094 is seen here being inspected by Fuerza A ere a Uruguaya (Uruguayan Air Force) personnel.

Air Enthusiast 2003-03 / J.Cicalesi, C.Gaizo, S.Rivas - Into the jet age

I-099, the second to last of the batch. Unlike the vast majority of Argentine Meteors, it had an unblemished flying record.

Aviation Historian 19 / S.Rivas - Blue on blue

Argentina became the first export customer for the Gloster Meteor when it ordered 100 F.4s in May 1947, the first 50 to be examples from RAF stocks, the remainder to be provided new from the factory. The first arrived at Buenos Aires by ship that July. The last, I-100, delivered in July 1949, is seen here at Base Aerea Comandante Espora, south of Bahia Blanca, in the late 1950s.

Air Enthusiast 2003-03 / J.Cicalesi, C.Gaizo, S.Rivas - Into the jet age

In flight view of the last Argentine Mk.4s - I-100.

Aviation Historian 19 / S.Rivas - Blue on blue

Rebel groundcrew members pose with a Meteor at Cordoba during the Revolution. The “MR” lettering applied to the forward fuselage stands for Movimiento Revolucionario - “Revolutionary Movement”.

Air Enthusiast 2003-03 / J.Cicalesi, C.Gaizo, S.Rivas - Into the jet age

Argentine-made 275lb (125kg) bombs under the wing of a Meteor F.4. Note the wires for arming them.

Air Enthusiast 2003-03 / J.Cicalesi, C.Gaizo, S.Rivas - Into the jet age

Mounted on a TR-50 rack - designed and built in Argentina - 5in T-10 rockets came into use in early 1960. Note the Peruvan Air Force C-46 in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Curtiss-Wright C-46 / CW-20 Commando - СШАUSA - 1940

Air Enthusiast 2003-03 / J.Cicalesi, C.Gaizo, S.Rivas - Into the jet age

Camouflaged Meteors preparing for an exercise in 1966.

Air Enthusiast 2003-03 / J.Cicalesi, C.Gaizo, S.Rivas - Into the jet age

C-035 in May 1960, shortly before it was destroyed in a mid-air collision that July.

Air Enthusiast 2003-03 / J.Cicalesi, C.Gaizo, S.Rivas - Into the jet age

Striping on the ventral tank and a rear fuselage strip are notheworthy on this view of C-01.

Air Enthusiast 2003-03 / J.Cicalesi, C.Gaizo, S.Rivas - Into the jet age

C-094 with green chequers on the fin and rudder.

Aviation Historian 19 / S.Rivas - Blue on blue

A Fuerza Aerea Argentina (FAeA) captain in full flying gear poses in the cockpit of his Meteor F.4. By 1955 President Juan Peron’s increasingly repressive grip on power had begun to create divisions within the Argentinian military, leading ultimately to an attempted coup that June.

Air Enthusiast 2003-03 / J.Cicalesi, C.Gaizo, S.Rivas - Into the jet age

At work on the nose gear. Note the large lead balance weights on the bulkhead.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (2)

Meteor IV test-bed RA435 equipped with reheat.
This three-quarter-rear view of the jet-deflection Meteor clearly displays the nozzle installation.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (2)

The faired nose gun ports on RA435 are conspicuous here. The reheat system was tested over a 12-month period from June 1949 to July 1950.

Моделист-Конструктор Истребители Второй мировой войны

"Метеор" III (IV ???) в послевоенной окраске

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (2)

A close-up of the variable nozzle of the extended tailpipe on reheat Meteor RA435.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (2)

At the 1949 SBAC Display, G.41G Mk 4 RA435 demonstrates its enhanced performance with afterburners fitted to its Derwent 5s.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (2)

At the 1949 SBAC Display, G.41G Mk 4 RA435 demonstrates its enhanced performance with afterburners fitted to its Derwent 5s.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (3)

During 1954 VT196 was used to test the reheat system for the Canadian Orenda Iroquois engine. Housed in the long nacelle extensions, the reheat units gave the Derwent 5s greatly increased thrust.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (3)

Meteor VT196 fitted with two 3,500lb-thrust Rolls-Royce Derwent 5s with reheat. The variable nozzles for the latter are clearly shown here.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (2)

Meteor Mk 4 RA490 fitted with a pair of axial-flow Metrovick Beryls.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (2)

The significantly larger nacelles required for the Beryl engines are evident here.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (3)

An early photograph of RA491, with Avon RA.2s. Note the guards positioned in front of the intakes during ground running.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (3)

Another view of RA491 with Avon RA.2s. It was first flown in this configuration at Hucknall on April 29, 1947, by Sqn Ldr W.A. Waterton.

Air Enthusiast 1998-09 / J.Goulding - Meteor Hopefuls

The Avon Meteor, Mk.IV RA491. Note the anti-spin parachute housing at the end of the fin/tailplane fairing.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (3)

Meteor RA491 at an earlier date, fitted with Rolls-Royce Avon RA.2s. The nacelles were 25 per cent larger than the standard Meteor units, and had oil cooler intakes on their undersides.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (3)

Meteor RA491 in 1950, powered by Rolls-Royce Avon RA.3s. It appeared in this form at that year’s SBAC Show at Farnborough.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (3)

Meteor RA491, powered by two Rolls-Royce Avon RA.3 turbojets each producing 7,500lb static thrust. RA491 flew with these engines during 1950.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (3)

View of RA491 after the fitment of two SNECMA Atar axial-flow turbojets, in which configuration it was first flown in October 1951. The conversion was done by Air Service Training at Hamble.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (3)

View of RA491 after the fitment of two SNECMA Atar axial-flow turbojets, in which configuration it was first flown in October 1951. The conversion was done by Air Service Training at Hamble.

Aeroplane Monthly 1976-06 / C.Brown - First in civvies

Aeroplane Monthly 1976-06 / C.Brown - First in civvies

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-08 / ??? - Civvie meatbox

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-08 / ??? - Civvie meatbox

19 марта 1948г.: разработан прототип двухместного учебно-тренировочного истребителя Meteor Т. Mk 7 (G-AKPK), самолет окрашен в карминовый цвет и цвет слоновой кости.

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-08 / ??? - Civvie meatbox

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-01 / R.Beamont - Sing a song of shock-stall (1)

Gloster's sales demonstrator Meteor T.7 G-AKPK seen over the Severn area.

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-08 / ??? - Civvie meatbox

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-08 / ??? - Civvie meatbox

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-08 / ??? - Civvie meatbox

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-11 / M.Retallack - Mastering the Meteor (2)

Gloster test pilot Brian Smith whips up his Meteor T.7’s undercarriage on the start of a test flight from Moreton Valence.

Air Pictorial 1988-01 / World Air News

The R.A.F. now has another Gloster Meteor T.7 (WF791) flying to replace the aircraft lost in the "Vintage Pair" accident. Belonging to C.F.S. at Scampton, WF791 was originally delivered to the R.A.F. on 6th April 1951

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-07 / R.Dean - Winston and Clementine

Meteor T7 WA669 (Clementine) during its service with the Vintage Pair. Winston is seen, inset, at Brawdy.

Мировая Авиация 188

Для Великобритании построили около 640 учебных Meteor T.Mk 7, включая 43 самолета для ВМС. На фотографии - три самолета из учебного центра в Литтл-Риссингтон. Здесь и еще во многих учебных частях британских ВВС эксплуатировались T.Mk 7.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-11 / M.Retallack - Mastering the Meteor (2)

A trio of 205 AFS Meteor T.7s, part of a batch of 137 aircraft delivered to the RAF between August 1949 and February 1951. The aircraft are WA657, WF829 and WA715.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11

Aviation Historian 1 / M.Oakey - Out of the blue

In a previous incarnation the Phantom Dive had spooked the Gloster Meteor T.7 from the early 1950s onwards. In this instance, turbulence from the airbrakes created loss of rudder and elevator effectiveness at high angles of attack, leading to a sudden undemanded roll and dive.

Мировая Авиация 141

WL364 - типичный представитель модификации Meteor T.Mk 7. Изображенный самолет фирма "Gloster" некоторое время использовала для выполнения фотосъемки в воздухе во время выполнения фигур высшего пилотажа.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2002-03 / В.Котельников - Глостер "Метеор" (2)

Учебно-тренировочный "Метеор" T.7

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-06

RAF Little Rissington's "Vintage Pair", Vampire T.11 XH304 and Meteor T.7 WA669, photographed by Air Portraits.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Vampire T / Vampire NF / D.H.113 / D.H.115 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1950

Aeroplane Monthly 1976-07 / News Spotlight

Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 WF791, previously stored at Kemble, has replaced T.7 WA669 as companion to Vampire T.Mk II XH304 in the RAF Vintage Pair team. They are now based at Cranwell, Lincs. WM669 has returned to target-towing duties.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Vampire T / Vampire NF / D.H.113 / D.H.115 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1950

Мировая Авиация 194

В одном строю наиболее распространенные в британских ВВС самолеты, снимок конца 1950-х годов. Ведущий - Shackleton MR.Mk 1А WB861 из 240-й эскадрильи, за ним Vampire T.Mk 11, Meteor T.Mk 7, Varsity, Sabre и Balliol.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Shackleton / Type 696 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1949Boulton Paul Balliol / P.108 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1947Canadair CL-13 Sabre - КанадаCanada - 1950De Havilland Vampire T / Vampire NF / D.H.113 / D.H.115 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1950Vickers Varsity - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1949

Aeroplane Monthly 1994-12 / G.Wansbrough-White - What's in a name? (2)

Russell Adams’s 1954 photograph of Gloster Meteor NF.12 WS797, Canberra B.2 WE112, Meteor T.7 WA688 and Sabre F.4 XB992.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Canadair CL-13 Sabre - КанадаCanada - 1950English Electric / BAE Canberra - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1949Gloster, Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF.11 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1950

Aeroplane Monthly 1978-09 / News Spotlight from Strathallan

A mixed bag comprising, left to right, Strathallan's Hurricane IIB G-AWLW “P3308”, Meteor T.7 WF791 and Vampire T.11 XH304 of the RAFs Vintage Pair, and Spitfire PR.19 PM631 of the RAFs Battle of Britain Flight.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Vampire T / Vampire NF / D.H.113 / D.H.115 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1950Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIV / FR.XVIII / PR.XIX - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-07 / B.Gunston - SR.53 and SR.177. The Saunders-Roe jet/rocket interceptors

XD145 takes off at Boscombe Down for its second flight on May 27, 1957, shadowed by a Gloster Meteor chase plane.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Saunders-Roe SR.53 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1957

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-02 / M.Oakey - Grapevine

Pilot error caused the crash of RAF Gloster Meteor T.7 WF791 at the Coventry Airshow last May.

Air Pictorial 1977-08 / I.Stott - Edinburg's Own

No. 603 Squadron Meteor T.7 WG949 "2" at Turnhouse on a grey day in January 1957

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-07 / M.Oakey - Grapevine

Gloster Meteor T.7 VZ638, last seen looking sorry for itself at Christie’s Bournemouth auction last October, is now with Aces High at North Weald and resplendent in a black-and-dayglo paint scheme.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1980-03

Meteor T.7 VW456 of SF Leuchars

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1980-03

Meteor T.7 VZ639 at Dijon, September 1954

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-03 / Personal album

Meteor T.7 WG964 of the Malta Communications and Target Towing Squadron at Ta Qali in 1960. After serving with no less than seven units this Meteor was struck off RAF charge in July 1962.

Air Pictorial 1969-06 / P.March - Central Flying School

The Examining Wing retains one Meteor T.7, twenty years after the type started service at Little Rissington

Air Pictorial 1957-01 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

FRONT LINE MARKINGS. Like the Vampire T.Mk.11 this unusually garbed Meteor T.Mk.7 (WL388) is for instrument check-outs. Black and orange: 74 (F) Sqdn.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-11 / M.Retallack - Mastering the Meteor (2)

Meteor T.7 WF794 being refuelled at Worksop. This 211 FTS aircraft ended its days with a signals school.

Aeroplane Monthly 1997-06 / M.Retallack - Ten years too late

1 Sqn’s Meteor T.7 undergoing routine maintenance.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-06 / M.Oakey - Grapevine

Acquired on loan from the MoD in 1981 by the Cotswold Aircraft Restoration Group, early Meteor T.7 VW453 is coming together after 8yr of restoration. Later this year it will be sprayed in standard RAF training colours, the overall silver being replaced by light grey for durability, and will take the place of Javelin XH903 on the gate at RAF Innsworth.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-11 / M.Retallack - Mastering the Meteor (2)

Meteor F.8 WK851 and Meteor T.7 WL339 on turnaround inspections at RAF Worksop.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 / FR.Mk.9 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1948

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-11 / M.Retallack - Mastering the Meteor (2)

Meteor T.7 WL429 and Meteor F.8 WA857 outside the No 1 Squadron hangar at RAF Worksop.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 / FR.Mk.9 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1948

Air Pictorial 1956-07 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

TARGET-TOWING METEOR 7 SE-CAS, operated in Sweden by Svensk Flygjanst A.B.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (2)

The radome nose modifications made by TRE for their installations of Homing Eye, with an opaque nose cap as distinct from the earlier transparent one.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2002-03 / В.Котельников - Глостер "Метеор" (2)

Разведчики "Метеор" FR.9 и PR.10 в строю с F-84 "Тандерджет"

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 / FR.Mk.9 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1948Republic F-84 Thunderjet - СШАUSA - 1946

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1980-03

Meteor PR.10 VS968

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-11 / G.Parry - Eyes in the Sky (6)

The prototype Meteor PR.10 unarmed, high altitude photo-reconnaissance aircraft carried two ventrally mounted F52 cameras in addition to the installation in the nose.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2002-03 / В.Котельников - Глостер "Метеор" (2)

Разведчик "Метеор" PR.10

Air Enthusiast 2003-01 / G.Pitchfork - 'Cold war' tac recce

Meteor PR.10 VS975 of 541 Squadron taxying in 1957. The nose camera position can be seen clearly.

Air Pictorial 1961-10 / J.Rawlings - Squadron Histories

81 Squadron's last two Meteor PR.10s, WB159 and WB166, taxi-ing out past one of the squadron's Canberra PR.7s on 7th July 1961 for their last flight.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: English Electric / BAE Canberra - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1949

Мировая Авиация 188

Высотные Meteor PR.Mk 10 состояли на вооружении 2-й, 13-й, 81-й и 541-й эскадрилий. Обратите внимание на скругленную форму поверхностей хвостового оперения.

Мир Авиации 1996-01 / В.Котельников - Метеор /Авиадосье/

Фоторазведчик PR.10. Защитные крышки объективов отсутствуют.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-11 / G.Parry - Eyes in the Sky (6)

Loading a camera into the nose of a Meteor PR. 10.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2010-08 / М.Лисов - На родине пионера авиации. Музей Военно-Воздушных Сил Бразилии

Реактивный истребитель "Метеор" (куплены по бартеру - за 200 т хлопка каждый)

Air Pictorial 1957-10 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

Also seen at Bankstown was this R.A.F. Meteor (VW266), an F Mk. 4 converted by Fairey Aviation Company of Australasia Pty. to U. Mk. 15 standard for remote-control (pilotless) operations at Woomera. Note wingtip camera nacelle.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-04 / P.Hornidge - Probe and drogue

Close-up view of the Meteor's refuelling probe.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-04 / P.Hornidge - Probe and drogue

Refuelling over Poole Harbour under a darkening sky and the threat of rain.
Flight Refuelling's Tom Marks holds the company’s snub-nosed Avro Lancaster, wearing B Conditions markings G-33-2, steady over Brownsea Island in Dorset as Pat Hornidge takes on fuel in Gloster Meteor III EE397 on August 7, 1949, when the Meteor remained aloft for 12hr 3min to set a new world endurance record.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-04 / P.Hornidge - Probe and drogue

Экспериментальная дозаправка топливом истребителя "Метеор" Mk.III от ЛЛ-танкера на базе "Ланкастера"
A superb photograph of the author positioning Meteor III EE397 into the refuelling drogue reeled out behind Lancaster tanker G-33-2 over Poole Harbour, Dorset during the former’s record flight of August 7, 1949.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-04 / P.Hornidge - Probe and drogue

Lancaster G-33-2 was formerly RAF Lancaster III PB972.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-04 / P.Hornidge - Probe and drogue

The Meteor chasing the Lancaster at low level and heading north-east. Ten refuellings were made during the endurance flight, in which 3,000gal of fuel passed down the hose enabling the Meteor to fly more than 3,500 miles.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-04 / P.Hornidge - Probe and drogue

Meteor EE397 about to make contact with the drogue.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Aviation Historian 15 / B.Gardner - Foxable Four

Meteor EE397 approaches the drogue during the record endurance flight in August 1949. Pat Hornidge flew a continual orbit over Bristol, Devon and Dungeness in the Meteor, while Tom Marks circled the Isle of Wight in the Lancaster.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-04 / P.Hornidge - Probe and drogue

The Meteor closes in with dive brakes extended.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-06

A dramatic close-up view of Meteor F.3 EE397 receiving fuel from Flight Refuellings' Lancaster G-33-2 on August 7,1949.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2002-03 / В.Котельников - Глостер "Метеор" (2)

"Метеоры" широко применялись для отработки систем дозаправки в полете

Мировая Авиация 92

Для решения проблемы медленной перекачки топлива один KB-29M был переделан в самолет-заправщик с тремя точками заправки (шлангами), способный заправлять три истребителя одновременно. Самолет получил новое обозначение YKB-29T, на снимке он заправляет три британских Gloster Meteor. Одна точка заправки находилась в хвосте, а две других - в подкрыльевых гондолах на концевых частях крыла. Поскольку поздние реактивные истребители и бомбардировщики не могли совершать полеты на малых скоростях, как это делали устаревшие B-29, трехточечная схема была установлена и на реактивных самолетах-заправщиках B-50.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Boeing B-29 Superfortress - СШАUSA - 1942Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 / FR.Mk.9 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1948

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (6)

Meteor 4 VZ389 demonstrates inflight refuelling from Avro Lincoln RA657 at the 1950 SBAC Show at Farnborough. Both aircraft were operated from Flight Refuelling Ltd’s base at Tarrant Rushton in Dorset.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lincoln / Type 694 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944

АвиаМастер 2006-04 / А.Харук - "Линкольн" - наследник "Ланкастера" /Монография/

Экспериментальная дозаправка в воздухе истребителя "Метеор" с "Линкольна", оборудованного системой воздушной перекачки топлива "шланг-конус"

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lincoln / Type 694 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944

Air Pictorial 1990-02 / R.Swain - The Avro Lincoln Story (2)

RA657 was one of the Lincolns converted for flight refuelling trials and here it demonstrates with a Meteor F.4 at the Farnborough Show in September 1950.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lincoln / Type 694 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (6)

Flight Refuelling’s probe-and-drogue system undergoes scrutiny at Farnborough in 1950. The nose probe added to VZ389 is conspicuous.

Air Pictorial 1956-08 / The journal of a roving spotter

Latest in the series of British pilotless target aircraft to be announced is the Meteor U Mk.15, illustrated here. Camera containers are at the wingtip, as on the Firefly U Mk.8. The Meteor U Mk.16 is a similar conversion of the Meteor 8.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (6)

Apart from its faired cannon ports, Mk 4 VW790, photographed at the RAE in June 1949, looks very ordinary, but it served in the Red Dean missile programme.

Air Enthusiast 1994-09 / I.Spring - Springbok Jet Age

Port side view showing head-up position while viewing the repositioned gauges. The pilot in the cockpit is Captain Jack Meaker.

Air Enthusiast 1994-09 / I.Spring - Springbok Jet Age

Cockpit interior view of repositioned RPM and JPT gauge panel in EE429.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-03 / L.Coombs - Cockpits of the RAF (6)

Front and rear seats of a Meteor Mk 7. All Meteor 7s had spade grip control, though later fighter versions had a pistol grip, like that of the Vampire.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-03 / L.Coombs - Cockpits of the RAF (6)

Instructor's view of a Meteor T.7.

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-06 / W.Clarke - Drawing a bead (5)

The GGS Mk 4E used in the Meteor and Vampire. A licence-produced version is in use with the Mirage.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Vampire / D.H.100 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

Aeroplane Monthly 1997-02 / M.Oakey - Vintage news

Progress on the Yatesbury-based Meteor Flight's (MF) Meteor T.7 restoration is good, but the group is seeking extra active and “armchair” members to help put WA591/G-BWMF back in the air. Seen here in October 1995, it has now been dismantled, deskinned as necessary and inspected. Reassembly and an engine run are planned for 1997. For more information contact MF secretary Mark Jones, 26 Springfield Way, Westbury, Wilts BA13 3QQ (tel 01373 864135).

Мировая Авиация 188

Мишени Meteor. Логично, что Meteor F.Mk4 стал первой британской реактивной мишенью - из-за наличия множества самолетов этого типа, уже устаревших. 11 марта 1955 года головной U.Mk 15 впервые выполнил автоматический взлет (под контролем летчика), а первую автоматическую посадку - в конце марта. Серийные U.Mk 15 управлялись дистанционно оператором (Master Controller). На законцовках крыла U.Mk 15 монтировались контейнеры, каждый с двумя камерами. Одна вела съемку пространства над, а вторая - под крылом. Контейнеры, оснащенные поплавками и радиомаяками, сбрасывались и опускались на парашютах. Затем выполнялся послеполетный анализ материалов, таких как эти кадры (фотографии вверху) из кинокамеры U.Mk 15, сбитого ракетой Sea Slug на полигоне Вумера. Здесь в исследовательском центре (WRE, Weapons Research Establishment) U.Mk 15 использовались активнее всего. U.Mk 15 также применялись Королевским НИЦ в Лланбедр для отработки самолетов-мишеней и при испытаниях ракет на полигоне Эберпорт.

Air Pictorial 1999-07

Earlier type of RAF fire-fighting vehicle include the Fordson WOT1, seen here attending a Dutch-operated Meteor 4 in September 1951

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-05 / ??? - Cutting it too fine

Having hit the masts the port tailplane of the Meteor has all but broken away. The pilot is still at the controls.

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-05 / ??? - Cutting it too fine

The Meteor, possibly 463, lies the right way up in a crumpled heap in a playing field. Danish Meteor F.4s were finished in a glossy green and grey camouflage scheme.

Мир Авиации 1995-02 / И.Сеидов - "Метеоры" терпят фиаско /Война в воздухе/

Джордж Хейл (слева) и Дейв Арлем осматривают сопло "Метеора", поврежденное 37-мм пушкой МиГа.

Мир Авиации 1995-02 / И.Сеидов - "Метеоры" терпят фиаско /Война в воздухе/

Авария "Метеора" в Кимпо, май 1953г.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-10 / H.Field - Advancing in review order

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Vampire / D.H.100 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943Handley Page Hermes / H.P.81 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-08

Meteor strikes its first blow

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-09 / C.Hall - Rich Mixture

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-04 / 70 years fly by! Royal Air Force 1918 to 1988

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-04 / P.Hornidge - Probe and drogue

"That's his fifth feed to-day - it's high time he learned to feed himself."

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-10 / P.Heath - Meteoric records

Мировая Авиация 179

Meteor F.Mk III

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1980-03

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1980-03

Авиация и Космонавтика 2002-03 / В.Котельников - Глостер "Метеор" (2)

"Метеор" F.1, F.2, F.3, F.4, FR.5, T.7, FR.9, PR.10

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 / FR.Mk.9 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1948

Мировая Авиация 179

Модификации Meteor

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 / FR.Mk.9 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1948

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Gloster Meteor Jet-propelled Fighter.

Моделист-Конструктор Истребители Второй мировой войны

Meteor I

Air International 1980-09 / Fighter A to Z

The Meteor III was the first version of the Gloster jet fighter to be built in substantial numbers.

Air Enthusiast 2003-03 / J.Cicalesi, C.Gaizo, S.Rivas - Into the jet age

Gloster Meteor F.4.

Air Enthusiast 1998-09 / J.Goulding - Meteor Hopefuls

The Armed Trainer was based upon the T.7, but had the outer wings of the projected eight-gun fighter.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (2)

Plan view of EE445, the Mark III fitted with the Griffith laminar-flow outer wing panels with boundary-layer suction system. The modifications were engineered and installed by Armstrong Whitworth at Baginton in the sheds now owned by Air Atlantique.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (3)

Plan view of VT196 as it was when used in 1953 as a flying testbed for the Canadian-designed reheat on their Orenda engines. The unusual length of the installation was determined by the system’s feature of fuel injection ahead of the Derwent’s turbine, which reduced blade temperatures before the fuel was ignited in the afterburner section.

Air Enthusiast 2003-07 / T.Buttler - UK jet pioneers (2)

Gloster four-jet bomber drawing P.109 dated November 24, 1941.