Gloster Meteor F8, WA982 / AW.4908, Rolls Royce
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Registration: WA982
Construction Number: AW.4908
Model Gloster Meteor F8
Operator: Rolls Royce
Airport: Unknown, UK - England
Photographer: Mike Dowsing Collection
Date Taken: 1953
Date Submitted: 07/01/2011
Picture from RR, showing the "expendable" Soar jet engines, fitted to the wing tips of this Meteor F8. With RR between 8/11/52 and 12/06/56. NGTE Farnboro 25/03/57 for Soar trials. Converted to U16 and crashed Cardigan Bay 11/05/61.
Picture ID:1269983