Meteor Night Fighter

Elvington, ''Wings and wheels'', Jubilee weekend event. May 2012 Elvington, Yorkshire Air Museum, May 2012 Gloster AW Meteor NF14

 

The Meteor NF.14 Night Fighter was the last major development of a line that started in July 1944, with the first jet aircraft to go into service with the Royal Air Force, and included the F.4, F.8 and T.7. The NF.14 was a two-seat, twin-engined monoplane, powered by two Rolls-Royce Derwent 8 turbojets, each delivering 3,600 lb thrust.

( above Info on the Air Museum website)

 

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