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UK2 EE226 Gloster Meteor.jpg
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UK2 EE226 Gloster Meteor.jpg
On 18/10/2011 10:09 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
I believe this to be the first flying turboprop. |
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UK2 EE226 Gloster Meteor.jpg
On 18/10/2011 14:48, Alan Erskine wrote:
On 18/10/2011 10:09 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote: I believe this to be the first flying turboprop. Bur not for long, as it crashed two days after delivery! -- Moving things in still pictures |
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UK2 EE226 Gloster Meteor.jpg
On 18/10/2011 15:54, ®i©ardo wrote:
On 18/10/2011 14:48, Alan Erskine wrote: On 18/10/2011 10:09 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote: I believe this to be the first flying turboprop. It was. Bur not for long, as it crashed two days after delivery! Some confusion here. EE226 did indeed crash, but the picture is of the one and only Trent Meteor, EE227. Served with No. 616 Sqn as YQ-Y, then went to RAE Farnborough. Fitted at one time with a T-tail. Sent to Rolls-Royce at Hucknall for conversion. First flight with Trents on 20 September 1945. Testing included simulated deck landing at the A&AEE. Eventually restored to standard after 47 flying hours with Trents. Back again to RAE Farnborough, where it was used in fire destruction tests and broken up in June 1949. -- Peter |
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UK2 EE226 Gloster Meteor.jpg
On 19/10/2011 12:41, Ramsman wrote:
On 18/10/2011 15:54, ®i©ardo wrote: On 18/10/2011 14:48, Alan Erskine wrote: On 18/10/2011 10:09 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote: I believe this to be the first flying turboprop. It was. Bur not for long, as it crashed two days after delivery! Some confusion here. EE226 did indeed crash, but the picture is of the one and only Trent Meteor, EE227. Served with No. 616 Sqn as YQ-Y, then went to RAE Farnborough. Fitted at one time with a T-tail. Sent to Rolls-Royce at Hucknall for conversion. First flight with Trents on 20 September 1945. Testing included simulated deck landing at the A&AEE. Eventually restored to standard after 47 flying hours with Trents. Back again to RAE Farnborough, where it was used in fire destruction tests and broken up in June 1949. Thank you Peter, it seems I jumped the gun there by assuming that the picture was of EE226. Slow down and think, boy. -- Moving things in still pictures |
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UK2 EE226 Gloster Meteor.jpg
Great shot, Never seen it as a turobprop before.
So, why did it crash? Brian |
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UK2 EE226 Gloster Meteor.jpg
Air Britan Aeromilitaria mislabeled the photo as EE226, checcking
their roster of single seat Meteors confirm it should be EE227. I have corrected the file name. Joe. On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:04:20 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 20/10/2011 04:29, wrote: Great shot, Never seen it as a turobprop before. So, why did it crash? Brian It didn't. The wrong serial number was given. EE226 did crash, but the Trent Meteor, the one in the photo, was EE227. See my previous post. |
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