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Re: Gloster Meteor
« Reply #30 on: October 08, 2007, 01:12:07 PM »
Now you have really shock me with all of this info  :-eek What a brain was Igor Sikorsky  :-clap

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Re: Gloster Meteor
« Reply #31 on: October 08, 2007, 01:18:01 PM »
Have a look at this site about Alexander P. de Seversky and the P-47

http://home.att.net/~historyzone/Seversky-Republic.html

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Re: Gloster Meteor vs Messerschmitt Sturmvogel
« Reply #32 on: October 23, 2007, 04:11:12 PM »

 :-wise
Did the Meteor ever run into the 262 or Arado?  How did they stack up?
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Re: Gloster Meteor
« Reply #33 on: October 25, 2007, 05:27:45 PM »
Never. More to this RAF Typhoon was attacked and damaged and Meteor in combat...

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Re: Gloster Meteor
« Reply #34 on: March 05, 2021, 05:34:55 PM »
The British jet program began with the construction of the Gloster E. 28/39 experimental aircraft. The experience gained allowed Gloster Aircraft in 1940 to propose a project for a twin-engine G. 41 Thunderbolt jet fighter. The name was later changed to Meteor.

It was an all-metal midplane with a cruciform tailplane and retractable landing gear. The first aircraft were equipped with Rolls-Royce RB engines.23 Welland, later replaced by Rolls-Royce Derwent. Maximum speed (for the F. Mk.I modification) - 676 km / h, flight range — 2000 km. Armament — 4 × 20 mm guns.

The Gloster Meteor was the first jet fighter of the Royal Air Force. From 1944 to 1955, 3,947 "Meteors" of various modifications were produced. It was in service with 17 countries of the world — Australia, France, Brazil, Israel, etc. Today, the aircraft can be found in museums, and 5 Meteors are in flight condition.

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Re: Gloster Meteor
« Reply #35 on: March 08, 2021, 02:14:14 PM »
The last picture shows Meteor WA820 experimentally fitted with two Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire jet engines.
It was the most powerful Meteor to fly and the airframe had to be strengthened!

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Re: Gloster Meteor
« Reply #36 on: March 08, 2021, 02:57:09 PM »
Thank you for additional info and here is another one, TT 20, with Danish flag and Swedish register