Meteor F.8

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The Meteor F.8 was a late-model British jet fighter developed from the Gloster Meteor line, featuring improved performance and handling and serving widely with the Royal Air Force in the early Cold War era.

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Meteor F.8 canonical 2
Meteor F.8 airframe 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gloster Meteor variant
jet fighter aircraft
military aircraft
aircraftConfiguration twin-engine jet
airframeFeature ejection seat
lengthened fuselage
revised tail unit
armament bombs
four 20 mm Hispano cannon
underwing rockets
conflict Korean War
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crew 1
developedFrom Gloster Meteor
engineModel Rolls-Royce Derwent
surface form: Rolls-Royce Derwent 8
engineType turbojet
enteredServiceWith Royal Air Force Fighter Command
surface form: RAF Fighter Command
era early Cold War
firstFlight 1948
introduced 1949
landingGear tricycle landing gear
manufacturer Gloster Aircraft Company
maximumSpeed around 1,090 km/h
around 590 knots
around 680 mph
notableFeature framed bubble canopy
improved handling over earlier Meteor marks
numberOfEngines 2
operatorRoleInKorea fighter-bomber
primaryUser Royal Air Force
role fighter
interceptor
serviceCeiling around 43,000 ft
status retired from frontline service
successor Gloster Javelin
Hawker Hunter
tailConfiguration conventional tailplane
usedBy Argentine Air Force
Belgian Air Force
Brazilian Air Force
Royal Danish Air Force
surface form: Danish Air Force

Ecuadorian Air Force
Israeli Air Force
Royal Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Netherlands Air Force
Syrian Arab Air Force
surface form: Syrian Air Force
wingConfiguration straight wing

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Gloster Meteor variant Meteor F.8
Meteor NF.11 basedOn Meteor F.8
this entity surface form: Meteor F.8 airframe
Meteor F.4 successor Meteor F.8