Gloster Meteor Canopy Q.
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Gloster Meteor Canopy Q.
I was wondering why the NF11 version and trainer versions had the heavily framed canopies rather than the tear-drop types - was it because of difficulty in forming large canopies or.....? Later versions went with the full transparent canopies.
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I think is was cost.
I visited AW when they had the first NF14 canopy on the aircraft, and was told it cost 1400 pounds.
This drew whistles of amazement because it was a considerable sum at the time.
I visited AW when they had the first NF14 canopy on the aircraft, and was told it cost 1400 pounds.
This drew whistles of amazement because it was a considerable sum at the time.
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Meteor canopy
My guess is that the Meteor 11 made use of the canopy already in use on the 7. With the development of the 14 they decided to remove a lot of the structure that impeded the view from the rear seat. I was an apprntice at Glosters at the time, but all the Deveopment work on the NF versions was done by Armstrong Whitworth at Coventry.