The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War. [1] The Meteor's development was heavily reliant on its ground-breaking turbojet engines, pioneered by Frank Whittle and his company, Power Jets Ltd .

格罗斯特“流星”是二战中盟军唯一投入实战的喷气式战斗机，最初因机身体积和机翼面积过大，而采用的“维兰德”引擎发动机推力又十分有限，“流星”的飞行性能非常糟糕，直到改用罗尔斯罗伊斯公司的“德温特”引擎后才有所改观，流星的最后一种昼间战斗机是F.8，除英国外有超过12个国家使用过不同型号的“流星”，其总产量为3947架。 [1] 这种 飞机 改装罗尔斯 罗伊斯公司的W2B/23型发动机（原型机使用德哈维兰 哈尔福德 1 型），单台推力771千克。 “流星”飞机是下单翼常规布局 …

格羅斯特流星（英語： Gloster Meteor ）是英國首架噴射戰鬥機，也是二戰期間盟軍第一架擁有實戰記錄的噴射戰鬥機。 在噴射發動機先驅 弗蘭克·惠特爾 爵士及其服務的公司 噴氣動力 （弗蘭克當時仍在空軍任職）的全力支持下，流星得以採用 涡轮喷气发动机 。

The Gloster Meteor was the first British operational jet fighter and the only Allied jet aircraft to reach operational status during World War II. However, apart from its radical departure in propulsion, it was conventional in design and never considered to be …

The Gloster Meteor was the RAF’s first jet fighter, bringing Britain into the Jet Age. At the same time, engineers of the German Luftwaffe had been working on developing their own operational jet fighter, and the Messerschmitt Me 262 entered service a few months before the Meteor.

Jun 13, 2023 · Britain's first operational jet fighter and the only Allied jet to see combat in the Second World War, the Gloster Meteor, took its first true flight 80 years ago.

Mar 16, 2025 · On the allied side, there was the Meteor F.1, made by Gloster Aircraft Company. The Meteor was initially called the Thunderbolt, but its name was changed to avoid confusion with the American Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. The Meteor was also powered by turbojet engines and was the first British jet fighter.

The Gloster aircraft company's most successful design was the twin-engined Meteor jet fighter, produced from the latter years of World War Two upto the mid-1950s. Eight development aircraft (known as the Gloster F.9/40) were used for a wide range of engine proving trials.

Aug 3, 2018 · The Gloster Meteor was the Allies' first operational jet fighter during World War II. After the conflict, the Gloster Meteor against saw service during the Korean War. Though quickly eclipsed as a fighter, the Gloster Meteor remained in service for decades in a variety of roles.

* The Gloster Meteor was the first operational British jet fighter, and the only Allied jet fighter to see combat in World War II. The Meteor served in the postwar period with many different air services and in many different roles. This document outlines the history of the Meteor.