Hawker Hunter
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The Hawker Hunter is a transonic British jet-powered fighter aircraft that was developed by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was designed to take advan
Two-seat Hunter T.7 at Shuttleworth Military airshow 2013
RAF Hunters of the Black Arrows performing aerobatics at Farnborough Airshow, 1960
The prototype Hunter WB188, modified to Mark 3 standard, displayed in its world speed record colours in 1976.
"Miss Demeanour" – a privately owned Hawker Hunter F.58A, 2007.
Gloster Meteor
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The Gloster Meteor is the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War. It was designed and primarily produced by the Gloster
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…introduced to service in 1954 as a manoeuvrable day interceptor aircraft, quickly succeeding first-generation jet fighters in RAF service such as the Gloster Meteor and the de Havilland Venom. The all-weather/night fighter role was filled by the Gloster Javelin. Successively improved variants of the type were…
One F.8 in flying condition operated by the RAAF's Historic Flight
Prototype Meteor DG202/G on display at the Royal Air Force Museum London in 2011. The "/G" appended to the aircraft serial denoted that the aircraft was to have an armed guard at all times while it was on the ground.
Meteor being deployed in March 1945
Operational Meteor NF.14 of No. 264 Squadron RAF in 1955