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The Gloster Meteor F.Mk.6 was a proposal for an improved version of the Meteor jet, made early in 1946. It would have features Rolls Royce Derwent 7 engines carried in long engine nacelles, with the Mk.4 short span wings and the high tail designed for the Gloster E.1/44 single engined fighter. Work on the Mk.6 was abandoned in favour of the Mk.8, the final and best day fighter version of the Meteor.

Gloster Meteor, Britain's Celebrated First-Generation Jet, Phil Butler and Tony Buttler. This is a detailed, well illustrated and well written look at the development and service history of the Gloster Meteor, both in British and overseas hands. The book covers the development of the E.28/39, Britain's first jet aircraft and the development of the Meteor, looks in detail at the prototype aircraft, the various versions of the Meteor and its British and overseas service careers. [see more]

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