<p>Built by Armstrong Whitworth in 1953 as a standard Meteor F.8.
Converted to ‘Prone Pilot’ configuration so that the Institute of Aviation Medicine could research the effects of gravity on a pilot while lying down rather than sitting up. While the concept had been proposed for potential rocket fighters, the use of ‘G’ suits removed the need for prone position pilots and the project was short lived.
Test flying ended in 1955 and the aircraft was put into store. It flew to 33MU at RAF Lyneham in 1959 and carried out two further flights there before being retired. In 1965 she was transferred to the Air Historical branch and moved to RAF Colerne for display. When Colerne was listed for closure in 1975 the Meteor was moved by road to RAF St Athan. She was not there long and moved to Cosford in 1977 where she has been on display ever since.
She is currently in the ‘Test Flight’ hangar.
RAF Museum, Cosford, Shropshire, UK.
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9th June 2018
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Peterborough, Cambs, UK
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