Meteor 091 you are clear for take off… runway zero-four

IIRC the FR9 was thought almost extinct (with Newark’s the sole survivor) until the re-discovery of the Ecuadorian aircraft

Plus 1 or 2 in Syria amongst the F8’s maybe ? http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?101479-Meteors-found-in-Syria

T

Nice to see these old machines still extant around the world – thanks for posting Mark12.

IIRC the FR9 was thought almost extinct (with Newark’s the sole survivor) until the re-discovery of the Ecuadorian aircraft

Ok Mark,

Cheers

Tim S

Canberra(s).

I may do a review and photo-spread for a magazine. If not I will post a selection on the forum.

Please wait one.

The are a further two Canberras ‘guarding’ the adjacent presidential arrival point.

Mark

Slight thread creep

Any chance of some pics of English Electrics finest Mark12?

Tim S

…and at Quito. 20 April 2015

Mark

More.

Mark

This would be trashed had it been in the UK by the side of the road like that.

Note the mahogany nacelle inlet leading edges have (presumably) rotted off, as is usual for poor old Meatboxes parked outside.

I also note that the wing tanks are mounted on the outboard rocket rail positions. This is too far outboard and they wouldn’t, or couldn’t, have flown like that. The actual tank attachment is further inboard between the first and second rocket rails and is on a bomb-release for jettison.

Just for interest; this pic of the underside RH main wing of WH291, ostensibly to show the masking of the serial also shows the rocket rail and tank mount positions. The wing tank mount/release can be seen as the thicker plate at the bottom of, and between, the 2 and the 9. The front and rear rocket rail mounting holes can also be seen at the bottom (rear rail mounts) as four sets of four holes and the front rail mounts at the top as pairs of holes.

Even though RAF meteors never carried wing-mounted rockets operationally the outer wings were all equipped with the fixing holes and electrical plug connections.

Nice to see these old machines still extant around the world – thanks for posting Mark12.

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Anon.

Here are Google Earth shots more or less oriented with Mark12’s photo. It is almost completely hidden in the latest-date imagery, but it is clearly seen in earlier shots.

November 2013:

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August 2012:

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June 2010:

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At some point between late 2003 and late 2007 the Meteor was moved when the entrance area was reworked, as seen in Google Earth. The original gate guardian position, in August 2003:

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Matt

One time WH540 real serial F-119

G-ANPK

What is your source for this being 119 please?
I have always thought it was 116 (indeed ex WH540), with 119 (or 709) being ex WH550
Andy

Fabulous, thanks Mark12.

I do like the “runway” underneath it – a nice touch!

Adrian

Doesn’t look in too bad a condition.

One time WH540 real serial F-119

G-ANPK

Thank you. Presumably identified by the nose profile.!?

Rob

No, its an FR9.

Regards
Mark Jones

Interesting pic, thanks for posting. An F.8 I presume?

Rob

Poor old girl.