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Aviation History
1949
1949 - 1702.PDF
466 FLIGHT GYRO GUNSIGHT 20 mm GUNS (4» \ GROUND FLIGHT SWITCH STARTER-BATTERY SOCKET \ \ COOL AIR \ \ TO COCKWT \ ' '• \ - EMERGENCY HOOD-JETTISON 1 ^ \ COCKPIT 1 AIR OUTLET I I ! 1 i ^ /**** <-\ -, f* ^Vc H •>* *&%*»• J-^5^ "It !" 1 EJECTOR SEAT / 1l i1 . HYURAULIC (WITHIN) WHEEL-RETRACTION JACK (STARB.> RETRACTABLE STEP SHELL-CASE «, LINK CHUTES OIL TANK MAIN POWER- UNIT MOUNTING PRESSURE HEAD DROP-TANK AILERON / TOROUETUBE LANDING LIGHT ROLLS ROYCE DERWENT 5 POWER UNITS AILERON MASS BALANCE BALANCE TAB (MASS BALANCED) POWER UNIT REAR STEADY WHI INBO/ METEOR 8 . . . operational machines. The first confirmed victory by a Meteor was recorded on August 4th, against a V.i flying bomb; the pilot, F/O. Dean, caused the bomb to crash by upsetting it with his wing tip. Sideways-folding cockpit hoods, as on the F.9/40, were standard on the Meteor is. The Meteor 2 was a similar machine, adapted for the D.H. Goblin, but only one example was completed. The first full-scale production version of the Meteor was the Mk. 3, deliveries of which started in January, 1945. Meteor 3s were operated by No. 616 Squadron of 83 Group, 2nd T.A.F. and later 504 Squadron was similarly equipped. At the time there was little air opposition and the Meteors were chiefly engaged on ground-attack duties. Rolls- Royce Welland turbo jets were fitted but later Mk 3s were powered with Derwent is. The final fifteen Mk 3s had ex- perimental long nacelles, similar in outline to those stan- dardized on the Mks 4, 7 and 8. Other Meteor 3 features were the sliding-type cockpit hood, slotted air brakes and ventral drop-tank. Meteox 3s were engaged on the first tropical jet trials at Khartoum in September, 1945, and on the first " winterization" trial at Edmonton, Canada, during the following year. One example was delivered to each of the Air Forces of Australia, New Zealand and the Union of South Africa for experimental flying and opera- tional testing. Basically an improved version of the Mk 3, the Meteor 4 was initially fitted, like the preceding marks, with tapered long-span wings, and in this form established two world's air-speed records.. Towards the end of 1945 this mark was in production with new short-span wings, and the first
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