Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Gloster Meteor

 


13 comments:

  1. Must be an early prototype, there are no gunports and it has speedbrakes.
    Al_in_Ottawa

    ReplyDelete
  2. Once upon a time, Britain was a leader in aviation and aircraft, had a large, high quality fleet, a high quality army. They were even a European people.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. You're right there. Britain used to be flushed with pride, now it's been flushed down the sh***er!

      Delete
  3. Given their history and ancestry Brits are still a European people despite the endless efforts of some who refuse to acknowledge that they LOST! that pesky referendum. The big plus is that we are no longer subject to the whims and fancies of a bunch of unelected balloons in Brussels. Instead, we have the whims and fancies of our own bunch of elected balloons in wastemonster.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. London is no longer an English (or even European) city.

      Delete
  4. I assume you mean "buffoons."

    B-U-F-F-O-O-N-S

    ReplyDelete
  5. Well, I'm sure he did mean 'Buffoons' albeit in context he is saying that the Brits prefer being hoisted by their own Buffoons....

    ReplyDelete
  6. Looks like they took an ME262 and raised the underslung motors to wing centerline.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Very ME 262 ish except the engines not underwing.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Thank you Mr. Whittle!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Doomed by the centrifugal flow turbine. More thrust meant a larger diameter and more drag.

    ReplyDelete