Gloster Meteor

[MK-84]

Is it photo-contest time?


I stand my ground:

It's so silly looking they had to put a giant red arrow so you'd know which way is forward

But I still want em both

[Bruv119]

i'm glad everyone agrees the meteor should be added          

+1  

 

"The definitive W.1 of 850 lbf (3.8 kN) thrust ran on 12 April 1941, and on 15 May the W.1-powered E.28/39 took off from Cranwell at 7:40 pm, flying for 17 minutes and reaching a maximum speed of around 340 mph (545 km/h). At the end of the flight, Pat Johnson, who had encouraged Whittle for so long said to him, "Frank, it flies." Whittle replied, "Well, that's what it was bloody well designed to do, wasn't it?"[3][25]

Within days the aircraft was reaching 370 mph (600 km/h) at 25,000 feet (7,600 m), exceeding the performance of the contemporary Spitfires. Success of the design was now evident; the first example of what was a purely experimental and entirely new engine design was already outperforming one of the best piston engines in the world, an engine that had five years of development and production behind it, and decades of basic engineering. Nearly every engine company in Britain then started their own crash efforts to catch up with Power Jets."

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

Frank sits alongside Reginald Mitchell in my eyes  RIP the both of them.   

[Debrody]

Discussed some stuff with Bruv.
Even tho im still not a fan of this plane, at least now i can accept it. Thanks.

[bangsbox]

-1 for the meteor...

[Hap]

+1 for the Brit jet.

[tunnelrat]

i'm glad everyone agrees the meteor should be added          

+1  

 

Agreed!!  +1

[WYOKIDIII]

Lets not habe the Meteor , and lose the 262 and 163 while we a at not having the Meteor

[Rich52]

I just hope the "next" upgrade includes both Brit and Soviet aviation industrys. And yes I know i can just change skins.

[bozon]

I just hope the "next" upgrade includes both Brit and Soviet aviation industrys. And yes I know i can just change skins.

There is still plenty of early and mid war planes to add before we get to the "1946 secret weapons of the Allied & Luftwaffe" game. Even British planes that were made in their thousands (Hint: twin engine, made by Bristol, named Beaufighter. Care to take a guess which plane it is?). Some of these planes would see some action in the arenas and avoid the "Hangar queen" label. The problem with the Russian and Italian planes is that what they had before the ones already in the game were crap. G.55 can still pass. The Japanese equipment is another untapped source for a few decent planes, but personally I am less interested in these.

[Eric19]

+1 for meteor temp is slower than meteor and when has anyone in a temp been able to catch a 262 in level flight....................I thought so atleast the meteor would have a better chance at that than the temp