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