7 results found
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Newark Air Museum
Photo Date:13 June 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:676926Submit Correction
View count: 30
Built in 1951. Used as an engine test aircraft by Rolls-Royce. Withdrawn from use in 1965. Arrived at the museum in 1970.
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:13 June 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Newark Air Museum
Photo Date:13 June 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:676926Submit Correction
View count: 30
Built in 1951. Used as an engine test aircraft by Rolls-Royce. Withdrawn from use in 1965. Arrived at the museum in 1970.
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:13 June 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Newark Air Museum
Photo Date:9 March 2003
Photo by:Simon ThomasContact
Photo ID:529715Submit Correction
View count: 94
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:9 March 2003
Photo by:Simon ThomasContact
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Newark Air Museum
Photo Date:9 March 2003
Photo by:Simon ThomasContact
Photo ID:529715Submit Correction
View count: 94
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:9 March 2003
Photo by:Simon ThomasContact
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Newark Air Museum
Photo Date:16 August 2009
Photo by:Ian HowatContact
Photo ID:198312Submit Correction
View count: 132
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 August 2009
Photo by:Ian HowatContact
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Newark Air Museum
Photo Date:16 August 2009
Photo by:Ian HowatContact
Photo ID:198312Submit Correction
View count: 132
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 August 2009
Photo by:Ian HowatContact
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Newark Air Museum
Photo Date:July 1993
Photo by:Fred WillemsenContact
Photo ID:194254Submit Correction
View count: 780
Note the scoop behind the cockpit, which was part of a trials installation for a lift engine.
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:July 1993
Photo by:Fred WillemsenContact
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Newark Air Museum
Photo Date:July 1993
Photo by:Fred WillemsenContact
Photo ID:194254Submit Correction
View count: 780
Note the scoop behind the cockpit, which was part of a trials installation for a lift engine.
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:July 1993
Photo by:Fred WillemsenContact
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Newark Air Museum
Photo Date:May 1977
Photo by:Ian HowatContact
Photo ID:151189Submit Correction
View count: 259
Never delivered. It was used by Rolls Royce as a test bed for the RB108 vertical lift engine (situated behind the cockpit). This did not make it fly and hover like a Harrier, fortunately.
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:May 1977
Photo by:Ian HowatContact
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Newark Air Museum
Photo Date:May 1977
Photo by:Ian HowatContact
Photo ID:151189Submit Correction
View count: 259
Never delivered. It was used by Rolls Royce as a test bed for the RB108 vertical lift engine (situated behind the cockpit). This did not make it fly and hover like a Harrier, fortunately.
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:May 1977
Photo by:Ian HowatContact
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Newark Air Museum
Photo Date:12 August 1984
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Photo ID:78103Submit Correction
View count: 1082
This Meteor served as a testbed for the RB108 vertical lift engine.
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:12 August 1984
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Newark Air Museum
Photo Date:12 August 1984
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Photo ID:78103Submit Correction
View count: 1082
This Meteor served as a testbed for the RB108 vertical lift engine.
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:12 August 1984
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Newark Air Museum
Photo Date:4 May 1995
Photo by:Joop de GrootContact
Photo ID:71159Submit Correction
View count: 291
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:4 May 1995
Photo by:Joop de GrootContact
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Newark Air Museum
Photo Date:4 May 1995
Photo by:Joop de GrootContact
Photo ID:71159Submit Correction
View count: 291
Registration / Serial:VZ608
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor FR9
C/n (msn):[ VZ608 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:4 May 1995
Photo by:Joop de GrootContact