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Aviation History
1949
1949 - 1282.PDF
July i4th, r949 •*%- FOUR IN HAND TO the proficiency of Tangmere Meteor pilots and thedeft handling of an Air Ministry camera by S /L. P. R.Parker credit is due for these spirited studies. It will be observed, in the view of the approaching formation, that the fighters have their dive-brakes extended to deceler- ate to the more modest pace of the photographic Lincoln. Some especially fine performances by Meteors were recorded during the recently completed Exercise Foil. Londoners will not soon forget the heartening spectacle of these—the fastest-climbing intercepters in service— harrying a stream of U.S.A.F. Superfortresses on the after- noon of Sunday, July 3rd. Contrails delineated the battle.
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