UK2 EE226 Gloster Meteor.jpg

[Joseph Testagrose]

[Alan Erskine[_4_]]

On 18/10/2011 10:09 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:


I believe this to be the first flying turboprop.

[®i©ardo]

On 18/10/2011 14:48, Alan Erskine wrote:
> On 18/10/2011 10:09 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>
>
> I believe this to be the first flying turboprop.

Bur not for long, as it crashed two days after delivery!

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[Ramsman]

On 18/10/2011 15:54, ®i©ardo wrote:
> On 18/10/2011 14:48, Alan Erskine wrote:
>> On 18/10/2011 10:09 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>>
>>
>> I believe this to be the first flying turboprop.
>
It was.

> Bur not for long, as it crashed two days after delivery!
>
Some confusion here. EE226 did indeed crash, but the picture is of the
one and only Trent Meteor, EE227. Served with No. 616 Sqn as YQ-Y, then
went to RAE Farnborough. Fitted at one time with a T-tail. Sent to
Rolls-Royce at Hucknall for conversion. First flight with Trents on 20
September 1945. Testing included simulated deck landing at the A&AEE.
Eventually restored to standard after 47 flying hours with Trents. Back
again to RAE Farnborough, where it was used in fire destruction tests
and broken up in June 1949.

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Peter

[®i©ardo]

On 19/10/2011 12:41, Ramsman wrote:
> On 18/10/2011 15:54, ®i©ardo wrote:
>> On 18/10/2011 14:48, Alan Erskine wrote:
>>> On 18/10/2011 10:09 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I believe this to be the first flying turboprop.
>>
> It was.
>
>> Bur not for long, as it crashed two days after delivery!
>>
> Some confusion here. EE226 did indeed crash, but the picture is of the
> one and only Trent Meteor, EE227. Served with No. 616 Sqn as YQ-Y, then
> went to RAE Farnborough. Fitted at one time with a T-tail. Sent to
> Rolls-Royce at Hucknall for conversion. First flight with Trents on 20
> September 1945. Testing included simulated deck landing at the A&AEE.
> Eventually restored to standard after 47 flying hours with Trents. Back
> again to RAE Farnborough, where it was used in fire destruction tests
> and broken up in June 1949.
>

Thank you Peter, it seems I jumped the gun there by assuming that the
picture was of EE226.

Slow down and think, boy.

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Great shot, Never seen it as a turobprop before.

So, why did it crash?

Brian

[Ramsman]

On 20/10/2011 04:29, wrote:
> Great shot, Never seen it as a turobprop before.
>
> So, why did it crash?
>
> Brian

It didn't. The wrong serial number was given. EE226 did crash, but the
Trent Meteor, the one in the photo, was EE227. See my previous post.

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Peter

[joet5]

Air Britan Aeromilitaria mislabeled the photo as EE226, checcking
their roster of single seat Meteors confirm it should be EE227. I
have corrected the file name. Joe.

On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:04:20 +0100, Ramsman >
wrote:

>On 20/10/2011 04:29, wrote:
>> Great shot, Never seen it as a turobprop before.
>>
>> So, why did it crash?
>>
>> Brian
>
>It didn't. The wrong serial number was given. EE226 did crash, but the
>Trent Meteor, the one in the photo, was EE227. See my previous post.