Meteor NF.11

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The Meteor NF.11 was a British twin-engine, jet-powered night fighter variant of the Gloster Meteor, equipped with radar for all-weather interception duties in the early Cold War era.

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Label Occurrences
Meteor NF.11 canonical 4

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gloster Meteor variant ⓘ
jet aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
night fighter aircraft ⓘ
airForceRole home air defence of the United Kingdom ⓘ
airframeConfiguration twin-engine straight-wing jet ⓘ
armament cannon armament in nose or fuselage ⓘ
basedOn Meteor F.8 airframe ⓘ
linked to: Meteor F.8
category radar-equipped fighter ⓘ
twinjet aircraft ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 2 ⓘ
crewComposition pilot and radar operator ⓘ
designedFor all-weather interception ⓘ
night operations ⓘ
developedFrom Gloster Meteor ⓘ
engineType turbojet ⓘ
era early Cold War ⓘ
firstFlight 1950 ⓘ
introduced early 1950s ⓘ
manufacturer Gloster Aircraft Company ⓘ
noseConfiguration lengthened nose for radar installation ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
powerplant Rolls-Royce Derwent turbojet ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
radarEquipped yes ⓘ
radarRole airborne interception ⓘ
role all-weather interceptor ⓘ
night fighter ⓘ
serviceEntryContext post-Second World War air defence ⓘ
successorVariant Meteor NF.12 ⓘ
Meteor NF.13 ⓘ
Meteor NF.14 ⓘ
usedBy Armée de l’Air ⓘ
linked to: French Air Force

Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Netherlands Air Force ⓘ
Syrian Air Force ⓘ
usedInConflict Cold War period air defence duties ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gloster Meteor → variant → Meteor NF.11 ⓘ
Meteor NF.12 → precededBy → Meteor NF.11 ⓘ
Meteor NF.14 → successorTo → Meteor NF.11 ⓘ
Meteor NF.13 → developedFrom → Meteor NF.11 ⓘ