FS2004® & FS2002® Aircraft Model constructed in  FSDS 2.24 . 

Painted using Paint Shop Pro.

                                   Gloster Meteor T.Mk7

 The Meteor T7 entered service with No.203 Advanced Flying School in December 1948 as the Royal Air Force's first jet trainer.

As the Meteor F4 fighter and Vampire FB5 fighter-bomber entered service, the lack of a trainer with comparable performance became an increasing problem. Recognising this, Gloster Aircraft developed a two-seat, dual-control version of the Meteor F4 as a private venture. The Air Ministry ordered 640 examples for delivery between 1949 and 1954, around five-hundred of which served with the Royal Air Force, the balance going to the Fleet Air Arm and foreign air forces.

RAF aircraft served with Flying Training Command providing trainee pilots with initial jet aircraft experience. Although superseded in this role from the mid-1950s by the de Havilland Vampire, Meteor T7s remained in service with operational units for refresher training and as high speed communications aircraft.

Most T7s had been withdrawn by the early 1970s, the last of all being WA669. This aircraft continued flying as part of the 'Vintage Pair' display team (with a Vampire T11) until a tragic fatal collision destroyed both aircraft in 1986.

Martin-Baker Aircraft Limited modified a number of ex-RAF Meteors for ejection seat trials. In 1955 the first seat capable of runway level ejection was tested in WA634.                                     brief History from          http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/
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 Panel & Gauges  By Saverio Maurri     This model is for Both    

I apologise in advance as this page was cobbled together very quickly as Avsim.com have put a Heads Up on their front page & I still had not made a Meteor Page!. <ggg>

Includes Panel + Manual  + Automatic wingtip trails when @ high G + Dynamic engine exhaust effects + Custom lighting effects etc.

Full moving parts inc opening canopy + moving trim tabs + detailed gear & suspension.

A special Thank you to my main tester/Researcher Dave Booker for all the hours spent working things out with the Jet Provost.

Flight dynamics developed with real RAF Pilots ex & current (Thanks to Dave Booker, Paulga, & Tonks ).

Panel By Saverio Maurri.
R&D/Quality control by Dave Booker.
Beta Testing and info by Paul Gausden, Kevin Farnell, John May, Dave Garwood & Tonks.
Reference material & pilots notes with help from Graham Clayton & Nick Snooks.
Exhaust Flame effect gauges by Toshikazu Shimizu.

Also Thanks to other developers for their freeware addons & effects files.
Scale Aviation Modeller & Richard J Caruana for the excellent 3 views & information. http://sampublications.com 
Pilot figure Modified from pilot by Dave Eckert. (with permission) http://www.daviator.com
Seat Texture & seatbelts by Ralph Pegram (with Permission) (sid.zip) http://www.transglobalaircraft.co.uk
Exhaust smoke control Gauges by Nick Needham & Rob Barendregt "Nicksjetsmoke" from Flightsim.com or Avsim.com
Wingtip trails control gauges by Eric Marciano http://emarciano.free.fr


This model is build using Flight sim Design shop v2.24 by Louis Sinclair & Abacus Software.
Textures are made in Paint Shop Pro Version 7.

And thanks to anyone else that I have missed ! Bound to be someone ? <ggg>

Full 2d & DVC panels.

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                                       In the Factory
       In Progress  Meteor T Mk.7 (Dynamic Virtual Cockpit)

Scenery By Gary Summons UK2000 & Visual Flight's excellent photographic VFR scenery  visualflight

 

 Exterior Model Shots (Scenery as above)  

This Aircraft is currently under restoration to flying condition @  http://www.meteorflight.com/