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Aviation History
1949
1949 - 1703.PDF
6 October 1949 467 FIRE-EXTINGUISHER BOTTLES INTERNAL LIGHT D.R. COMPASS-TRANSMITTER STOWAGE MASS-BALANCEDRUDDER * ELEVATOR TRIM-TAB DOWNWARD IDENTIFICATION LIGHTS (3) MANHOLE AIR BOTTLE (BRAKES * GROUND GUN-COCKING) RUDDERCONTROL RUN \ ELEVATOR CONTROL RUN FUSE PANEL FLAP-JACK IL-PIPE STEADY-UNK THERMOCOUPLES (TO TAIL PIPE TEMP. GAUGE) DIVE-BRAKE (PORT UPPER) Although in certain respects the Meteor 8 is still subject to security regulations our sectional drawing depicts the essential structure and other " unrestricted " fea- tures of this, the latest of a long and highly successful line of Gloster twin-jet fighters. Meteor 4s and 7s now serving with the R.A.F. and a number of foreign air forces are commonly seen carrying a 180 gall, ventral drop tank, but the under-wing tanks, shown in position on the Mk. 8, are unfamiliar. Another charac- teristic of the Meteor 8 is seen to be a cockpit canopy of irr proved aerodynamic form. machine so fitted was demonstrated before military authorities in Switzerland. A large model of a " long-nosed Meteor 4 " development, displayed prominently at the S.B.A.C. Display two years ago, was described by Flight in the following terms: " This modification (the lengthened nose) eliminates several hundred pounds of ballast hitherto carried and the extra 30 inches allows space for another fuel tank, holding 100- 120 gallons. The Martin-Baker ejector seat is fitted in this latest version and the model showed the machine carrying a 180-gallon ventral drop-tank and two 100-gall wing tanks." A cockpit canopy of improved aerodynamic form, similar in outline to that of the Meteor 8, was a feature of the model displayed at Radlett. Embodying a lengthened nose, like the variant described above, the Meteor 7 two-seat, dual-control trainer was introduced to assure a more gradual and safer introduction to the handling and navigating of high-speed jet aircraft than was afforded by current piston-engined trainers. With full equipment the Meteor 7 weighs appreciably less than the Mk 4 fighter, and the initial rate of climb approaches 8,000ft/min. The maximum speed at sea-level and at 10,000ft is 585 m.p.h., and with drop-tank fitted an endurance of 2.3 hr is attainable at 30,000ft. Miscellaneous Meteors -adapted for experimental and development flying have included a Mk 1 fitted with Rolls- Royce Trent turboprops; a Mk 3 (Derwent 5s) having arrester gear for deck-landing trials; Mk 4s with modified centre-section spars to take the Metrovick Beryl and Rolls- Royce Avon; and a Derwent-powered Mk 4 adapted for reheat equipment. The Avon-Meteor, so memorably (Continued on p. 469, after Meteor photographs (p. 468))
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