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16th February 2022, 09:29 AM
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Re: Comment too far
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Colin Wood
What about the Vampire and Gloucester Meteor. Saw a magnificent flying display at end of BIggin Hill runway. Gates closed across road as we approached. 4 Meteors took off in tight formation. 4th. did a tight inside out turn at end of runway and climbed vertically until almost out of sight, then dived at end of runway before flattening out, upside down flying the length of the runway and then repeated several times. All hand driven, no computers in those days.
Were they in service in 1944
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16th February 2022, 11:13 AM
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Re: Comment too far
Sir Frank Whittle developed the first jet propulsion aircraft in UK.
He got the concept from a German flight engineer.
The first flight was in 1941 but was only an experimental one.
General production did not start until after WW2 had gone.
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