Meteor F.8

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The Meteor F.8 was a late-model British jet fighter developed from the Gloster Meteor line, featuring improved performance and handling and serving widely with the Royal Air Force in the early Cold War era.

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Label Occurrences
Meteor F.8 canonical 2
Meteor F.8 airframe 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gloster Meteor variant ⓘ
jet fighter aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration twin-engine jet ⓘ
airframeFeature ejection seat ⓘ
lengthened fuselage ⓘ
revised tail unit ⓘ
armament bombs ⓘ
four 20 mm Hispano cannon ⓘ
underwing rockets ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
developedFrom Gloster Meteor ⓘ
engineModel Rolls-Royce Derwent 8 ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Derwent
engineType turbojet ⓘ
enteredServiceWith RAF Fighter Command ⓘ
era early Cold War ⓘ
firstFlight 1948 ⓘ
introduced 1949 ⓘ
landingGear tricycle landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Gloster Aircraft Company ⓘ
maximumSpeed around 1,090 km/h ⓘ
around 590 knots ⓘ
around 680 mph ⓘ
notableFeature framed bubble canopy ⓘ
improved handling over earlier Meteor marks ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
operatorRoleInKorea fighter-bomber ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
interceptor ⓘ
serviceCeiling around 43,000 ft ⓘ
status retired from frontline service ⓘ
successor Gloster Javelin ⓘ
Hawker Hunter ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tailplane ⓘ
usedBy Argentine Air Force ⓘ
Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
Danish Air Force ⓘ
Ecuadorian Air Force ⓘ
Israeli Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Netherlands Air Force ⓘ
Syrian Air Force ⓘ
wingConfiguration straight wing ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Gloster Meteor → variant → Meteor F.8 ⓘ
Meteor NF.11 → basedOn → Meteor F.8 airframe ⓘ
linked to: Meteor F.8
Meteor F.4 → successor → Meteor F.8 ⓘ