NEW JET FIGHTER
British Meteor, Single-Seater Machine I/OW-WIIVG MONOPLANE British Official Wireless Rec. 1 p.m. RUGBY, July 11. Britain's new jet-propelled fighter is the Meteor. The Ministry of Aircraft Production, describing it, says it is a single-seater fighter aircraft powered with two gas-jet turbines. The Meteor is a low-winger monoplane of all metal construction, with tricycle alighting gear. Its armament consists of four 20mm Hispano guns. The dimensions are: Span 43ft, length 41ft, height 13ft, wing area 374 square feet. The Meteor first flew in 1943, and Was used against flying bombs in 1944. The aircraft is very manoeuvrable, the landing speed is not high, there is very little noise in the cockpit in flight, and the usual vibration is absent. The engine controls are simpler than with recent engines.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 163, 12 July 1945, Page 5
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