With regards to the Meteor F.8, it is not painting the whole picture to say that there are plenty of engines about. Yes, there are, but many of them are unusable as fliers because they have come off runway snow-blowers where their running hourse, etc., were not recorded. In the early days of Meteor Flight I was involved in discussions with Rolls-Royce about lifing policy of critcal components – especially the turbine – and it was not an easy problem to overcome. This was one of the reasons why both the RAAF and the Argentine Air Force each restored a Meteor to flying condition, but neither ever got off the grond – they were not able to source usable engines.