Gloster Meteor Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions - Softcover

Film LLC, Periscope

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935327194 ISBN 13: 9781935327196

Publisher: Lulu.com, 2008

Synopsis

Designed by Gloster's brilliant chief engineer George Carter, the Meteor was Britain's first operational jet, and the first such aircraft in Allied inventory. The Meteor was an outgrowth of intensive r&d work conducted by Frank Whittle, inventor of the turbojet in 1929. The Meteor featured an all-metal fuselage, and straight wings with mid-mounted engine pods. The F1 version could achieve a speed of 417 mph at 10,000 feet, and entered service in June 1944. During WWII, it flew primarily as an interceptor against German V-1 "buzz bombs". Australian pilots flew it in combat during the Korean War, and Israel employed it during the Suez Crisis. The Meteor, in one variant form or another, remained in active service as a recon and training aircraft into the 1970s. Originally printed by Gloster and the Royal Air Force, this handbook provides a fascinating glimpse inside the cockpit of the trainer version of the Meteor. The manual was recently declassified and is here reprinted in book form.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935327194
• ISBN 13: 9781935327196
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 118