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Meteor from the Cockpit
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: Peter Caygill
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-02-23 - Publisher: Pen and Sword

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An in-depth look at this historic military aircraft, including firsthand accounts from those who flew it. The Meteor is remembered as the first British jet figh
Physics of Meteor Flight in the Atmosphere
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Ernst Julius Opik
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-08-01 - Publisher: Courier Corporation

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This volume by an astrophysics pioneer concerns the phenomena occurring during the flight of meteors through the terrestrial atmosphere. Beginning with a histor
Gloster Meteor Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions
Language: en
Pages: 118
Authors: Royal Air Force
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-04-06 - Publisher: Lulu.com

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Designed by Gloster's brilliant chief engineer George Carter, the Meteor was Britain's first operational jet, and the first such aircraft in Allied inventory. T
Gloster Meteor in British Service
Language: en
Pages: 282
Authors: Martin Derry
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-30 - Publisher: Pen and Sword

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The Gloster F.9/40 was Britains first jet fighter and as the Meteor F.I became the first jet-powered aircraft of any description to enter service with the Allie
Meteor I vs V1 Flying Bomb
Language: en
Pages: 179
Authors: Donald Nijboer
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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A total of 10,500 missiles were launched as part of the V1 attack, of which 3,957 were destroyed by the defences. Indeed, it could have been much worse, for by