On 13/03/2012 12:51, Alan Erskine wrote:
On 13/03/2012 10:06 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:


Being used for testing of a new (and very large) engine. The tail on
this aircraft reminds me of the tail on the Meteor that was used for the
turboprop test flights.

The RA490 was a trials aircraft for the Metropolitan-Vickers F.2/4 Beryl
axial-flow turbojet engines, as seen here, and was also used with two
Rolls-Royce Nene engines fitted by Westlands


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