UK2 DG204 Gloster Meteor 1943orLater.jpg

On 26/08/2011 16:04, ®i©ardo wrote:
On 24/08/2011 22:55, Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF wrote:
Hmmmmm,
This is a wierd one, a Meteor with axial flow turbojet engines.
And they look kinda like Jumo 004's to me.
Is there any further information on this bird?

TIA.


Here are a couple of links for you.

http://www.airpages.ru/eng/uk/gm1.shtml
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1197385/

This particular aircraft, DG204, first flew on 13 November 1943 and
crashed on 1 April 1944. The MetroVick powered DG204 was the fifth
Meteor prototype to take to the air, on 13 November 1943, but it was
destroyed in a crash on 4 January 1945, and would remain the only
MetroVick powered Meteor.

Incidentally "Metrovick" was an abbreviation for "Metropolitan Vickers".

http://www.ireference.ca/search/Metr...Vickers%20F.2/

The F.2 engine went on to be the basis of the Armstrong-Siddleley F2/4
Beryl and then was developed into the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire
engine, which was used to power a number of post-war aircraft, amongst
them, in the UK, the Gloster Javelin and the Hawker Hunter.

It also made a substantial contribution to the American aircraft
industry as the Wright J65 aero engine.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/a...d=A19760757002


I knew I had pictures of it somewhere.

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