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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TX145   [9]

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SM809   [5]

View of SM809, the first E.1/44, taken in July 1947. The aircraft is identified by way of the serial numbers painted on the light-coloured patches over the empty gun ports on the wing leading edges forward of the undercarriage legs. Note too the horn-balanced rudder and the wide-track undercarriage.
An unmarked 'Ace', SM809, showing the low-set tailplane of the early prototypes. Note the box-like structure below the rudder, housing an anti-spin parachute. Note also that the rudder is aerodynamically balanced and therefore differs from that actually flown on TX145.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SM809   [5]

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TX145   [9]

9 марта 1948г.: Gloster Е.1/44 достиг максимальной скорости полета 997 км/ч, но обладал меньшим модернизационным запасом по сравнению с самолетом Meteor.
TX145 at Moreton Valence in 1948. The anti-spin parachute is housed beneath the rudder just above the low-set tailplane.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TX145   [9]

TX145, at Moreton Valence in 1948. Note that the rear section of the canopy is missing.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TX145   [9]

Кабина второго E.1/44
A good close-up view of TX145, showing the boundary-layer bleed in the intake - Moreton Valence, 1948.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TX145   [9]

TX145 at Moreton Valence in 1948.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TX145   [9]

TX145 being worked on at Moreton Valence, possibly during engine running tests.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SM809   [5]

Another view of SM809 in July 1947, days before it was severely damaged while being transported by road to Boscombe Down.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TX145   [9]

Gloster E.1/44 оказался неудачным самолетом, поскольку для установки крупногабаритного ТРД с центробежным компрессором требовался тяжелый планер, и от разработки отказались в пользу двухдвигательного истребителя Meteor. На снимке - второй прототип TX145.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SM809   [5]

Первый опытный E.1/44, выпущены воздушные тормоза и посадочные щитки
View of SM809, the first E.1/44, taken in July 1947. Note too the horn-balanced rudder and the wide-track undercarriage.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TX145   [9]

Второй опытный E.1/44. Виден доработанный канал воздухозаборника без горизонтального дефлектора

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TX145   [9]

Forward view of the E1/44 Ace prototype TX145 at Moreton Valence in 1948.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TX148   [7]

Two views of TX148, taken in February 1949, showing the enlarged air intakes and the high-set tailplane.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TX148   [7]

The third E.1/44 prototype which flew from the outset with the definitive tail.
TX148, showing the fin-mounted tailplane that would have been used on production versions of the Ace. The configuration was almost identical to that used on the Meteor Mk.8. The photograph was possibly taken at the Bentham experimental department, which was about one mile from Brockworth airfield; the site exists almost unchanged to this day, although it no longer houses the Gloster Aircraft Company.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TX148   [7]

Another view of the TX148, emphasising the restyled tail - the unit was later utilised on the Meteor F.8.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TX148   [7]

Третий опытный E.1/44 со стреловидным стабилизатором, установленным на киле.
TX148 starboard side view showing the high-set tailplane that resembled that later fitted to the Meteor F.8.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TX148   [7]

TX148, the second E.1/44, in flight, looking rather like a sawn-off Supermarine Attacker in this view.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TX148   [7]

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TX148   [7]

The third prototype Gloster E.1/44 in company with the prototype Meteor F.8. VT150 was a modified F.4 airframe with cockpit canopy and restyled tailplane almost identical to those of the E.1/44.

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

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SM809   [5]

SM809, after 'falling off the back of a lorry' and while its damage was being assessed before it was struck off charge. There are chalk marks on the fuselage above the wing and below the engine air intake, highlighting the damage

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Компоновочная схема истребителя E.1/44

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KEY: 1. Cabin ventilating pipe 2. Electrical accumulators 3. Radio 4. Windscreen de-icing 5. Electrically-operated hood 6. Front fuselage fuel tank 7. Air brakes 8. Main fuel tanks 9. Auxiliaries gearbox 10. Rolls-Royce Nene I gas turbine 11. Rear fuselage fuel tanks 12. Surface aerial 13. Tail parachute 15. Elevator trim tab 16. Hydraulic reservoir 17. Dive recovery flap (port and starboard) 18. Engine air intake duct 19. Boundary layer bleed duct 20. Electrical main panel 21. Pneumatic air container

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Rough RAE sketch of the Rocket from a report comparing wind tunnel tests of the Meteor, Ace, Rocket and Vampire. It os the only known drawing of this project.

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Drawing of the Gloster Rocket project showing the side-by-side engine lay-out.

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Gloster E1/44 drawing P.175 dated March 3, 1944.

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Gloster drawing of the P.181 fitted with a H.2 engine, dated 20 February 1945

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E1/44 - initial configuration.

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The second prototype with the original tail.

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Three-view of the second airframe TX145 which, after the irreparable damage to SM809 in a road accident, became the first GA.2 to fly. In appearance it was almost identical to SM809 apart from the rudder horn-balance on the first airframe.

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Three-view of TX148, the third airframe, which was the only other GA.2 to fly and which had slightly larger air intakes. The tail unit designed to rectify the handling problems shown up by TX145 was carried over to the Meteor F.8; FR.9; NF.11, 12, 13, and with a revised leading edge 14; and the TT.20.