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Old 29th Oct 2012, 16:50
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Meteor With Props
G.41A Meteor F.Mk Is. These had Welland engines and a clear-view canopy. The first Meteor was traded to the United States for a Bell YP-59A Airacomet, the USA's first jet fighter. One was used in an experimental design for the world's first turboprop-driven plane. This aircraft, the Trent-Meteor, used reduction gears on the engine to drive a propeller shaft with a five bladed propeller. It was equipped with longer-stroke landing gear to give clearance for the propeller tips.

Found at Warbird Alley: Gloster Meteor

I think I am correct in seeing a photo of it in the 50's and not on the 1st April.
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