Meteor F.4

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The Meteor F.4 was an early post-World War II British jet fighter variant of the Gloster Meteor, featuring improved engines and performance over its predecessors.

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Meteor F.4 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gloster Meteor variant ⓘ
jet fighter aircraft ⓘ
aircraftFamily Gloster Meteor ⓘ
aircraftType single-seat fighter ⓘ
airframeMaterial all-metal ⓘ
airIntakeLocation wing roots ⓘ
armament Hispano 20 mm cannon ⓘ
conflictInvolvement Arab–Israeli conflicts (via export users) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
engineConfiguration twin-engine ⓘ
engineModel Rolls-Royce Derwent 5 ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Derwent
enteredRAFService mid-1940s ⓘ
era early post-World War II ⓘ
exportedTo Argentina ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
feature higher maximum speed than Meteor F.3 ⓘ
improved rate of climb ⓘ
more powerful Derwent engines ⓘ
shortened wings compared to earlier Meteors ⓘ
firstFlight 1945 ⓘ
fuselageType straight fuselage ⓘ
improvementOver Meteor F.3 ⓘ
introduced 1945 ⓘ
landingGear retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Gloster Aircraft Company ⓘ
maximumSpeedClass around 580 mph ⓘ
notableFor being among the first operational British jet fighters in postwar service ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
operatorType military ⓘ
powerplantType turbojet engine ⓘ
primaryArmamentCount 4 ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
serviceCeilingClass over 40,000 ft ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Meteor F.8 ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tailplane ⓘ
usedBy Argentine Air Force ⓘ
Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Danish Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Netherlands Air Force ⓘ
Syrian Air Force ⓘ
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ

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

Gloster Meteor → variant → Meteor F.4 ⓘ
Meteor F.3 → successor → Meteor F.4 ⓘ