Bring the Meteor III to Aces High

[Furball]

Would be a nice addition to have an allied jet aircraft.  The Germans already have the Arado, Me163 and Me262.  Meteor would be a nice in-between from the late war pistons to the 262, it also has great range.

The project to build a jet fighter began in August 1940. Designed by George Carter at the Gloster Aircraft Company, eight prototypes of the Gloster Meteor Mk. I were produced over the next four years. Eventually it was decided to use the turbojet designed by Frank Whittle.

The Gloster Meteor Mk. I made its first flight on 15th May, 1941. It had a maximum speed of 415 mph (667 km) and had a range of 1,340 miles (2,156 km). It was 41 ft 3 in (12.58 m) long with a wingspan of 43 ft (13.11 m) and armed with four 20 mm cannons.

The first 20 aircraft were delivered to the Royal Air Force in June 1944. The Gloster Meteor Mk. I saw action for the first time on 27th July, 1944 against the V1 Flying Bomb.

The Gloster Meteor Mk. III first appeared in January 1945 and took part in missions over Nazi Germany. However, by this time the Luftwaffe had been virtually destroyed and it never met the leading German fighters in combat.

 

[paulobrien6969]

would be a great addition:)

[Krusty]

From what I understand the reason it took from 41 to 44 to get it going was a crappy bellybutton engine. It was still being worked on all that time.

Also, while it had some speed to it, it was rather unmanuverable (if memory serves) and thought best suited to chasing down V1s

[bob149]

Allways thought the engines were a lot more reliable than the 262 jet's, centrifugal flow as opposed to the more complicated axial flow ?
Would be a good addition though