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The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only operational jet aircraft during the Second World War. The Meteor's development was heavily reliant on its ground-breaking turbojet engines, pioneered by Sir Frank Whittle and his company, Power Jets Ltd. Development of the aircraft itself began in 1940, although work on the engines had been under way since 1936. The Meteor first flew in 1943 and commenced operations on 27 July 1944 with No. 616 Squadron RAF. Nicknamed the "Meatbox", the Meteor was not a sophisticated aircraft in its aerodynamics, but proved to be a successful combat fighter.
WS739 is one of the final Meteor night fighter variants NF.14. First flown on 23 October 1953, the NF.14 was based on the NF.12 but had an even longer nose, extended by a further 17 inches to accommodate new equipment, increasing the total length to 51 ft 4 in (15.65 m)!
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First registered 3.12.54 c/n 14048
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Built by Clifford Allison and first registered 11.6.81
PFA 029-10586
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Ex French AF '19036'. Allocated US serial 51-9036 and now displayed as such in a colourful scheme
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One of very few privately owned Phantoms in the UK, XV490 began her career with 54 Squadron but later served with 41, 6, 29, 23, 56 and 92 Squadrons before going back to 23 Squadron for a while and then 228 OCU before ending her career with 74 Squadron at RAF Wattisham. She was scrapped there in 1992 but the nose section was squirrelled away at Bruntingthorpe until the Phantom Preservation Society succeeded in getting hold of her.
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VH-UTH was built in Hanworth, Middlesex by General Aircraft Ltd in 1935. It is a very rare bird as it is the only Monospar preserved in the UK. Currently undergoing a very slow but sure restoration.
More about the Monospar here :-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Aircraft_Monospar
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XN964 was built by Blackburn Aircraft Ltd at Brough, North Humberside and first flew 21St July 1963. It saw service with 801 squadron onboard the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious before joining the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Bedford. It was transferred to the Royal Radar Establishment in June 1972 and dismantled in October 1976 for use as a ground instructional airframe.
Currently enjoying a fresh coat of paint at the excellent Newark Air Museum
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XM594 was the 58th Vulcan B.2 produced by A.V.Roe & Co Limited at their Woodford factory, near Manchester (now sadly closed !) It first flew on 4th June 1963 and was retired from service on 7th February 1983
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puesto de piloto del Vulcan que está en el Newark Air Museum http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/ . Un museo privado con una estupenda colección, en un sitio precioso, antigua base, sostenido gracias a los voluntarios. Nosotros tuvimos el placer de que nos explicara el Vulcan el propio navegante, un gentil caballero inglés sorprendido y encantado de que hasta allí se acercaran un grupo de chalados españoles. Tanto el Vulcan como el Museo son nuevos en AC - pero espero que por poco tiempo.
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