Historic Aviation Quiz – Gloster Meteor

While it is well known that the Gloster Meteor took to the skies for the first time from RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire on March 5, 1943, who was at the controls?

True of False: The Meteor was the only Allied jet to see combat during World War Two?

Which RAF unit was the first to receive operational examples of the Meteor?

On August 4, 1944, Gloster Meteor F.1 EE612 of 616 Squadron claimed the "first [Allied] operational success by jet propelled aircraft" when the pilot used his port wing tip to down a "flying bomb" over Kent, who was that pilot?

In 1946, Gloster proposed a single engined, pursuit fighter, variant of the Meteor for the Republic of China Air Force – what was it’s designation?

Of the near 4,000 Meteors built, how many remain actively airworthy today?

In 1946, a pair of modified RAF Gloster Meteor IVs were placed with a specialist unit tasked with attaining the World Air Speed Record. What was the name of the unit?

Who did the British Air Ministry approach to “design a practical jet fighter” using the technology developed by Frank Whittle – the so-called ‘Father of the jet engine’?

True or False: When Gloster added its Meteor F.4 demonstrator to the British Register as G-AIDC in 1946, it was the first civilian-registered jet aircraft in the world?

How many operational variants of the Meteor were pressed into service worldwide?