Eighty years ago today, on November 7, 1945, the Gloster Meteor became the first jet aircraft to set a world speed record.

This was the first British jet-powered aircraft and the only one that the Allies ever sent into combat during World War II.

When one thinks of WWII jet fighters, the image that naturally comes to mind is the Luftwaffe’s Messerschmitt Me-262 “Schwalbe,” or “Swallow”. This makes sense, as it was the only... Here’s What You ...

Airplanes - Gloster Meteor ; Warren, C.H.E. & Chalmers, G.F. [authors] ; Ditching Operations; Royal Aircraft Establishment - Report Aero 1997 Material is subject to ...

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft, NASM.XXXX.1183.A, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Material is subject to ...