Gloster Meteor F8 "Prone Pilot"
Flat Wing Area
32.5161 m²
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- Name
- Gloster Meteor F8 "Prone Pilot"
- Manufacturer
- Gloster Aircraft Company
- Description
- A heavily modified Gloster Meteor F8 fighter, the "prone position/prone pilot" Meteor, was used by the Royal Air Force in 1954 and 1955 to evaluate the effects of acceleration/inertia-induced forces while flying in a prone position.
- First Flight
- 1954-02-10
- Designer
- Gloster Aircraft Company
- Type
- Fighter Gloster Meteor F8
- Length (m)
- 15.8496
- Height (m)
- 3.9624
- Cockpit Crew
- 2
- Max Speed (km/h)
- 965.6064
- Max Ceiling (m)
- 13106.4
- Rate of Climb (m/s)
- 35.56
- Max Mach (Mach)
- 0.82
- Powerplant Description
- 2 × Rolls-Royce Derwent 8 centrifugal-flow turbojet engines
- Wikipedia Article (URL)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor_F8_%22Prone_Pilot%22
- Flat Wing Span (m)
- 11.2776
- Flat Wing Area (m²)
- 32.5161
- Number of Engines
- 2