Gloster Meteor WA638 Model T7

Adrian Pingstone

Gloster Meteor WA638 Model T7(modified), an ejection-seat test aircraft owned by Martin Baker Company.

On static display at the 2008 Air Day, Kemble Airport, Gloucestershire, England. Built 1949. There are modifications to the rear cockpit where the ejection seat is fitted (in particular, no canopy).

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