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Glut Of Gloster Goodness

Started by jcf, August 16, 2007, 11:12:50 PM

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First six.







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Second six.







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#2
Final six.







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Maverick

Bugger me Jon, that's some group o' Glosters.  And the 4 1/2in guns... Yikes... Poor Russkie bombers.

Thanks for sharing.

Mav

GTX

The Delta Meteor (P.262) and the PR Javelin (P.348) are interesting.  Any info on predicted performance for these?  Also, where did you find them?

Regards,

Greg
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kitnut617

Great find Jon,  I had always thought this aircraft had evolved from the Meteor,
http://rpec.co.uk/engineerswalk/pics/26Res...esearchT188.jpg
there's so much here that looks like a stretched Meteor
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jcf

QuoteGreat find Jon,  I had always thought this aircraft had evolved from the Meteor,
http://rpec.co.uk/engineerswalk/pics/26Res...esearchT188.jpg
there's so much here that looks like a stretched Meteor
The 188 was a Bristol design and quite separate from the Gloster family.

Cheers, Jon

jcf

QuoteThe Delta Meteor (P.262) and the PR Javelin (P.348) are interesting.  Any info on predicted performance for these?  Also, where did you find them?

Regards,

Greg
Hi Greg,
the drawings all come from the 2nd Edition of 'Gloster Aircraft Since 1917' by Derek N. James, Putnam 1987. The book gives no data beyond the captions.

Cheers, Jon

jcf

Found some info on the delta-wing Meteor, P.262, in 'The Gloster Meteor', Shacklady, Doubleday 1963.

Wingspan: 43'
Length: 44.5'
Height: 8.6'
Max speed: 565 mph at sea level
Combat radius: 675 miles w/drop tanks

Cheers, Jon

jcf

#9
The first of several I'll be adding, some pre-war like this, more jets and VTOL projects later.



Jon



Weaver

Interesting: a sort of British Curtiss Shrike then?

Those wings look more Westland than anything!

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Long delayed Gloster VTOL stuff.
A couple of Meteors and a pair of strike/recce concepts to start with:







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NARSES2

That P.507 looks very nice and a couple of the transports look slightly Soviet to me, I think it's the wing plan form ?

Thanks Jon  :thumbsup:
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