Gloster Meteor: special one-of-a-kind aircraft and unbuilt variants

[Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)]

Gloster Meteor Soar Engine Testbed:

 

[Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)]

Some other Meteor variants:

1. Gloster Ground Attack Meteor

2. Gloster Meteor F.8 Screamer Testbed

3. Gloster Jet Deflection Testbed

4. Gloster (Armstrong Whitworth) Meteor NF.11 WD686, used by the Telecommunications Research Establishment

5. Gloster (Armstrong Whitworth) Meteor NF.11 WD790, radar testbed

6. Gloster Meteor U.15 target drone

7. Gloster Meteor U.16/21 target drone

 

[Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)]

Continuing the list:

8. Gloster (Armstrong Whitworth) Meteor NF.11-1 CEV

9. Gloster (Armstrong Whitworth) Meteor NF.11-3 CEV, ramjet testbed

10. Gloster (Armstrong Whitworth) Meteor NF.11-5 CEV

11. Gloster (Armstrong Whitworth) Meteor NF.14-747 CEV

12. Gloster Meteor F.4 Reheated Derwent Testbed

 

[Maveric]

Did these versions get their own Gloster P number?

 

[Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)]

All photos were found from the link below, from where you can find the performances and specifications of these aircraft as well.

UK (II)

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[Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)]

Did these versions get their own Gloster P number?

I am currently unsure. I don't believe the French ones do (8-11), but the British ones might. I will have to do some further research on this topic.

 

[Maveric]

THX.

 

[Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)]

Gloster Meteor NF.11 WD790's nose

 

[pathology_doc]

IIRC John Forbat's "Secret World of Vickers Guided Missiles" has a picture or two of a Meteor with Folland's early version of the Red Dean missile on its wingtips, and BSP 4 might have it as well.

 

[Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)]

British Secret Projects 3: Fighters from 1935-1950, by Tony Buttler, contains numerous built and unbuilt versions of the Meteor. These are:

P.147: Meteor with de Havilland Halford engines

P.148: Meteor with MetroVick engines

P.173: Trent Meteor

P.187: Meteor Mk.IV with Derwents

P.203: High-altitude variant of the Meteor, with Derwent 5. Came with a greater wingspan, which had squared off ends.

P.263: Meteor with delta wing, slab tail and Derwent 5s or 7s.

P.309: Eight-gun Meteor, fuselage of the F.8 with the wings of the NF.11, a truly formidable aircraft.

Regarding Maveric's question above (Post #44) about whether the experimental Meteors received Gloster's "P." designation system, it seems that some did carry one. Does anyone have any drawings or artwork of the aircraft mentioned above?

 

[Justo Miranda]

Neteor F.9/40M, DG 204/G with Metro-Vick F.2 turbojets.

 

[Justo Miranda]

Meteor F.9/40M, DG 204/G with De Havilland Halford H.1 turbojets.

 

[Justo Miranda]

Meteor F.Mk.II DG 207/G with De Havilland Halford H.1 turbojets.

 

[Justo Miranda]

Ejection tests

 

[Justo Miranda]

Meteor F.8 WK 935 "Prone Position"

 

[Justo Miranda]

Gloster Meteor Soar Engine Testbed:

View attachment 635191

 

[Justo Miranda]

Meteor F.Mk.1 EE227 with Trent turbo prop engines

 

[blackkite]

Thanks Justo-san. Interesting contributions!

https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/9h7oib

Source : Twitter,etc
http://www.karaya.pl/en/rvresin/0/gloster-meteor-1-48-detail-scale-aircraft-drawings-rv1014.html

 

[Justo Miranda]

 

[blackkite]

Hi! There was not a ejection seat for Prone Positioned forward pilot! He had only a parachute. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/attachments/548-jpg.636262/
https://alchetron.com/Gloster-Meteor-F8-"Prone-Pilot"
http://www.karaya.pl/en/r-v-aircraft/0/gloster-meteor-1-72-detail-scale-aircraft-drawings-rv1003.html?ref=/en/r-v-aircraft/0/3/1/items.html
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww3/f/204/9/6

 

[blackkite]

Hi Justo-san, three side view.

Gloster G.41A Meteor F.Mk.I

 

[zen]

Neteor F.9/40M, DG 204/G with Metro-Vick F.2 turbojets.

If the Meteor had any future development potential, then this was the obvious stepping stone towards that.

 

[Justo Miranda]

From https://www.stormfront.org/forum/t677561-5/

 

[Grey Havoc]

Neteor F.9/40M, DG 204/G with Metro-Vick F.2 turbojets.

If the Meteor had any future development potential, then this was the obvious stepping stone towards that.

Though the turboprop version had some potential as well.

 

[blackkite]

Hi!
https://conceptbunny.com/gloster-meteor/

 

[Tzoli]

I'm intrigued by the P.263, the Delta winged Meteor! Any drawings or maybe photos of the prototype if ever built?

 

[yellowaster]

VW470 with Radar Ranging Mk 1
WM180 with the X-band CW Homing Eye

 

[blackkite]

Hi!
The first projected Avon-engined Meteor project.
Unfortunately I lost the source.

 

[Apteryx]

I'm intrigued by the P.263, the Delta winged Meteor! Any drawings or maybe photos of the prototype if ever built?

Apologies--I'm late to this party. I actually stumbled on this thread in a search for dimensions of the P.263, having seen the 3-view printed in the Aerofax book on the Gloster Meteor, by Phil Butler and Tony Buttler. It's a nice-looking ship, but it surely did not leave the drawing board.

 

[Tzoli]

Not bad! Looks like a jet medium bomber or heavy fighter-bomber! Lots of space for wing hardpoints!

 

[N99JH]

I am trying to find the distance between the engine nacelles center lines. Does anyone know, please?

 

[Roland55]

Not strictly "one of a kind" (since there was at least 1 or 2 more like this) but this was the proper test example, I-056 a Meteor FMk.4 with Mk.3 wings and photographic equipment.

There were also another modification that I've read about but never seen, a supposed FMk.4 with 2 seats, kinda made famous at the time for being mentioned by a relatively famous broadcaster as the plane where she made her "flight baptism", kinda weird, but interesting.

 

[Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)]

Is any data for the performance data regarding the engine testbed variants of the Meteor available, and if so, where can they be found?

 

[hesham]

From, Gloster Meteot by Chaz Bowyer,

a Four Engined Meteor F8.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Gloster (A-W) Meteor F.8 “Prone Pilot”: Almost as long as its denomination.

This Meteor extravagance was a testbed conceived in 1954 to evaluate the pros and cons of a prone pilot position in high-speed aircraft; the more modest R.S.4 “Bobsleigh” covered the pr…

elpoderdelasgalaxias.wordpress.com

 

[ZacYates]

Some information has been unearthed on proposals for Goblin-engined Meteors (with and without reheat) for Sweden, Nene-powered variants and a lot of other stuff! https://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=933384#p933384

Far too much for me to copy and reupload here so if you're into Meatboxes then do yourself a favour and check it out! My apologies if it's all old news.

 

[Zoo Tycoon]

And then there was the fully navalised Gloster Meteor F3;-

 

[kaiserbill]

What carrier is that, Zoo Tycoon?
Edit: nvm, Illustrious Class.

 

[Zoo Tycoon]

What carrier is that, Zoo Tycoon?
Edit: nvm, Illustrious Class.

Gloster Meteor F.3 (N) EE337 aboard HMS Implacable, on the 16 June 1948.