Gloster Meteor

[cooldued]

It commenced operations on 27 July 1944 with 616 Squadron of the Royal Air Force.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor

http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_gloster_meteor_WWII.html

http://www.military-aircraft.org.uk/jet-fighter-planes/gloster-meteor-jet-fighter.htm

all three pages say that it ran in the 616 Squadron of the Royal Air Force.

stats


      Crew: Pilot

      Length: 44 ft 7 in

      Wingspan: 37 ft 2 in

      Height: 13 ft 0 in

      Wing area: 350 ft²

      Empty weight: 10,684 lb

      Loaded weight: 15,700 lb

      Engines: Twin 3,500 lbf (15.6 kN) Rolls-Royce Derwent 8 turbojets

      Maximum speed: 600 mph

      Range: 600 mi

      Rate of climb: 7,000 ft/min

Armament:   

      Four 20 mm Hispano cannon

[JOACH1M]

+1

[fbWldcat]

Would be cool. But ultimately, this is just beating a dead horse.... Again.... And again.... And again.

I'm not against it, but it has been asked for before.

[ACE]

Put it this way it would be more useful than a M-18.   

[phatzo]

but would it be as useful as the beaufighter?

[Guppy35]

but would it be as useful as the beaufighter?

No 

[Shifty]

Would be cool. But ultimately, this is just beating a dead horse.... Again.... And again.... And again.

I'm not against it, but it has been asked for before.

It worked for the B-29.

[jolly22]

It worked for the B-29.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO dont let anyone see that!!!!!!!!1

[THRASH99]

It commenced operations on 27 July 1944 with 616 Squadron of the Royal Air Force.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor

http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_gloster_meteor_WWII.html

http://www.military-aircraft.org.uk/jet-fighter-planes/gloster-meteor-jet-fighter.htm

all three pages say that it ran in the 616 Squadron of the Royal Air Force.

stats


      Crew: Pilot

      Length: 44 ft 7 in

      Wingspan: 37 ft 2 in

      Height: 13 ft 0 in

      Wing area: 350 ft²

      Empty weight: 10,684 lb

      Loaded weight: 15,700 lb

      Engines: Twin 3,500 lbf (15.6 kN) Rolls-Royce Derwent 8 turbojets

      Maximum speed: 600 mph

      Range: 600 mi

      Rate of climb: 7,000 ft/min

Armament:   

      Four 20 mm Hispano cannon

It would be nice to have something match the 262 in the skies of AH, +1

[Bruv119]

have to give a  +1 for this wish,

Yes there are plenty of other planes that are more worthwhile but dogfighting those pesky 262's in a British jet has so much potential.  

If we can do B29's we can have the meteor!

Plus it will be easier to catch than a 262 so not nearly as annoying.  

As for squadron service it meets that criteria, It's main role was killing buzz bombs which were very much a nuisance for the people of kent and london!

Being banned from flying over Germany of course it wouldn't have any kills but I bet it would have done the businesss!

[oakranger]

It will be one of these low, low priority AC to be added. 

If we can do B29's we can have the meteor!
 

There is a outrageous difference of having the B-29 vs Gloster Meteor. 

[phatzo]

Yes there are plenty of other planes that are more worthwhile but dogfighting those pesky 262's in a British jet has so much potential.  

this is the important bit

[Bruv119]

It will be one of these low, low priority AC to be added.  

There is a outrageous difference of having the B-29 vs Gloster Meteor.  

Yep one is a Buff that ended the war early that will not have that capacity in AH,  be perked silly and take forever to get to a decent altitude fully loaded and be killed before you ever get to target in the MA.

The Meteor is an Allied counter balance to the 262 Jet threat that is, at this moment in time, completely un-opposed.

I see the large American heavy bomber force that already exists in game (B17's, B24's and B26's) as more than capable of doing the job of the B29 and do it in half the time.  I mean come on how greedy do the US majority want to be???  Think (He-111, Do 217,  Tu-2,  Pe-2)  all of these deserve to be well ahead of the B29.

Everytime I kill a set of B29's in a 262 I will be thinking to myself   "thank god and HTC, that there are no Meteors in this game!"

[Debrody]

      Maximum speed: 600 mph
      Rate of climb: 7,000 ft/min

Isn't that a post-war meteor? I heard it was a bit slower than the 262, a little bit below 500mph, and im almost sure the '44 meteors couldnt climb at 7000ft/min. Otherwise its a nice plane, but there are much larger holes in the russian planeset (Pe-2, Tu-2, Mig-3, LaGG-3, Jak-3 etc).

Debrődy

[oakranger]

Yep one is a Buff that ended the war early that will not have that capacity in AH,  be perked silly and take forever to get to a decent altitude fully loaded and be killed before you ever get to target in the MA.

The Meteor is an Allied counter balance to the 262 Jet threat that is, at this moment in time, completely un-opposed.

I see the large American heavy bomber force that already exists in game (B17's, B24's and B26's) as more than capable of doing the job of the B29 and do it in half the time.  I mean come on how greedy do the US majority want to be???  Think (He-111, Do 217,  Tu-2,  Pe-2)  all of these deserve to be well ahead of the B29.

Everytime I kill a set of B29's in a 262 I will be thinking to myself   "thank god and HTC, that there are no Meteors in this game!"

I was going by numbers build, time of services and action.  Why bashing the B-29 already when it has not even been place in the game.  Who knows what the out come will be like.