Airworthy Meteor in the USA

Yes we do !

Great! Hope to get to see it again at Boscombe!

Yes we do !

The very last airworthy Meteor D.16 was retired about a week ago from Llanbedr. The type was modified from F.4’s and F.8’s. And yes I guess the shores of Llanbedr are littered with Fireflies and Meteors!

Sea bed off…;)

Flood

Sorry David/Andrew for hijacking this thread with a Hunter Q!

Do the Boscombe Down Museum still have their Hunter T.8?

Wow Andrewman! I was chatting to the Chairman of the museum about an hour ago and we hadn’t got that information! The aircraft is certainly at Boscombe but it’s being spares recovered for Martin-Baker.
As a museum menber I hope your right that we do get her (or what’s left!).

Yes the last D.16 flew to Boscombe down and I have been told it should end up in their museum given time.

The very last airworthy Meteor D.16 was retired about a week ago from Llanbedr. The type was modified from F.4’s and F.8’s. And yes I guess the shores of Llanbedr are littered with Fireflies and Meteors!

They used a lot as missile targets over Cardigan Bay, didn’t they? 🙁
mmitch.

I believe it’s part of the collection at Edwards AFB and isn’t likely to ever fly again.

Not surprised given the horrendous accident statistics of the Meatbox, there was an interesting thread on pprune about it. I knew it wasn’t great but…..

1. 150 total losses in 1952
2. 68 lost after running out of fuel
3. 23 lost doing official low level aeros displays
4. 890 lost in total
5. 436 fatal accidents between 1944 and 1986.

😮 😮 😮

Thanks 2 you both for the clarification.

It was owned by Al Letcher who sold it to Al Hansen who, in turn, passed it to the Edwards museum.

Hasn’t flown for ages . The machine was flown to the U.S by the late Jeff Hawke in the 1970’s . I believe it’s part of the collection at Edwards AFB and isn’t likely to ever fly again.