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1952 Gloster Meteor D.16 C/N Not found WK800Discuss this aircraft in forum |
![WK800 - WK800 Gloster Meteor D.16 [Unknown] (Royal Aircraft Establishment) (Place & Date unknown)~G @ 1980 - by Ray Barber](/images/aircraft/thumbnails/001/605/001605094.jpg "WK800 - WK800 Gloster Meteor D.16 [Unknown] (Royal Aircraft Establishment) (Place & Date unknown)~G @ 1980 - by Ray Barber")
by Ray Barber
by Clive Pattle @ EGLS
by Clive Pattle @ EGLS
by Clive Pattle @ EGLS
| Manufacturer: | Gloster |
| Model: | Meteor D.16 Search all Gloster Meteor D.16 |
| Year built: | 1952 |
| Construction Number (C/N): | Not found WK800 |
| Aircraft Type: | Fixed wing single engine |
| Number of Seats: | 1 |
| Number of Engines: | 2 |
| Engine Type: | Turbojet |
| Engine Manufacturer and Model: | Rolls-Royce Derwent 8 |
| Registration Number: | WK800 |
| Current Status: | Preserved |
| Owner: | Boscombe Down Aviation Collection |
| Address: | Old Sarum, Wiltshire United Kingdom |
| Malcolm Clarke, 2017-05-15 11:34:20 | |
| Originally built by Gloster as a Meteor F.8 WK800 for the RAF. Struck off charge in 1960, it was converted to a Meteor U.16. Transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1960 as A77-876, and converted by Fairey Aviation, NSW to U.21 and used as a pilotless target and later as a drone. Returned to the RAF as WK800 and served from July 1969 to October 2004, contracted to Flight Refuelling, converted to Meteor U.16 and last flown October 11th 2004. Now preserved and exhibited in the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection at Old Sarum. | |