Gloster Meteor F.8 Stats

 

•  Manufacturer: Gloster Aircraft Company, United Kingdom

•  Role: Single-seat jet fighter/interceptor

•  First Flight (F.8 Variant): 1948

•  Introduction into Service: 1950 (Royal Air Force)

•  Crew: 1 (pilot)

•  Length: 44 ft 7 in (13.59 m)

•  Wingspan: 37 ft 2 in (11.32 m)

•  Height: 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)

•  Wing Area: 350 sq ft (32.52 m²)

•  Empty Weight: 10,684 lb (4,846 kg)

•  Maximum Takeoff Weight: 15,700 lb (7,121 kg)

•  Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Derwent 8 turbojet engines, each producing 3,600 lbf (16 kN) thrust

•  Maximum Speed: 600 mph (965 km/h, Mach 0.82) at sea level

•  Range: 600 mi (965 km) on internal fuel

•  Service Ceiling: 43,000 ft (13,100 m)

•  Rate of Climb: 7,000 ft/min (35.6 m/s)

•  Armament: 4 × 20 mm Hispano Mk V cannons (with 195 rounds per gun); provisions for up to 16 × 60 lb (27 kg) rockets or 2 × 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs under wings

•  Avionics/Features: Pressurized cockpit, Martin-Baker ejection seat (later models), radar gunsight