Gloster Meteor Aircraft

Gloster Meteor F(TT).8, Flixton

Production Details

Design Company:

Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd, Hucclecote

First Flight:

5 March 1943

F9/40:

8 - Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd

Meteor F.1:

20 - Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd

Meteor F.3:

210 - Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd

Meteor F.4:

608 - Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd 46 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd

Meteor T.7:

712 - Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd

Meteor F.8:

751 - Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd 430 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd 330 - Netherlands

Meteor FR.9:

126 - Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd

Meteor PR.10:

58 - Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd

Meteor NF.11:

334 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd

Meteor NF.12:

100 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd

Meteor NF.13:

40 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd

Meteor NF.14:

100 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd

Type Specification

Applies to:

Gloster Meteor F.4

Type:

Single seat twin jet fighter

Wing:

Low wing cantilever monoplane. All metal two spar stressed skin structure

Fuselage:

All metal stressed skin structure

Tail Unit:

Cantilever all metal two spar stressed skin tailplane. All metal fin integral with rear fuselage. All metal rudders and elevators

Landing Gear:

Retractable tricycle type

Power Plant:

Two Rolls-Royce Derwent 5 turbo jet engines (3,500 lb st) in nacelles at extremities of centre section

Accommodation:

Fully enclosed pilots cockpit

Armament:

Four 20 mm British Hispano 5 cannon in nose, two each side of cockpit

Span:

37 ft 2 in

Length:

43 ft 6 in

Height:

13 ft 10 in

Wing Area:

250 sq ft

Empty:

10,050 lb

Normal Loaded:

15,175 lb

Max Cruise Speed:

585 mph at sea level

Absolute Ceiling:

47,000 ft

Range:

450 miles

Preserved in British Museums

F9/40:

DG202 - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford Airfield - Display

Meteor IV:

EE549 - Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, Tangmere - Display

Meteor F.4:

EE531 - Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport - Display

Meteor T.7:

VZ634 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Show Ground - Display VZ638 - Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood - Display WA634 - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford Airfield - Display WA662 - AeroVenture, Doncaster - Restoration WL375 - Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, Dumfries - Display WS103 - Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton - Stored

Meteor F.8:

VZ477 - Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport - Nose WA829 - Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, Tangmere - Display WF643 - Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton - Display WF714 - Privately owned, Hooton Park - Display WH291 - Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society, Lasham Aerodrome - Display WH301 - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon - Display WK864 - Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Display WK935 - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford Airfield - Display WK991 - Imperial War Museum, Duxford Aerodrome - Display WL131 - AeroVenture, Doncaster - Nose WL135 - City of Norwich Aviation Museum, Norwich Airport - Display WL181 - North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland - Display

Meteor FR.9:

VZ608 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Show Ground - Display

Meteor NF.11:

WD686 - Muckleburgh Collection, Weybourne - Display WD790 - North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland - Nose WM145 - Highland Aviation Museum, Inverness - Nose

Meteor NF.12:

WS692 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Show Ground - Display

Meteor NF.13:

4X-FNA - Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society, Lasham Aerodrome - Display

Meteor NF.14:

WS739 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Show Ground - Display WS776 - Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth - Restoration WS788 - Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Display WS832 - Solway Aviation Museum, Carlisle Airport - Restoration WS838 - Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport - Display WS843 - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford Airfield - Stored G-ARCX - Museum of Flight, East Fortune Aerodrome - Display

Meteor TT.20:

WD615 - RAF Manston History Museum, Manston Airport - Display WM224 - Aeropark, Nottingham East Midlands Airport - Display WM292 - Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton - Stored

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