Meteor F.8/FR.9

Although the Gloster Meteor is regarded as typical of Britain’s Jet Age supremacy, its development actually began in the dark days of 1940 and the design, although quite primitive, turned out to be a successful fighter and evolved quickly through the 1940s and 1950s. Although the aircraft saw only limited combat in WWII, nearly 4,000 airframes were built in a variety of specifications, including ground attack and photo-reconnaissance, and served with many countries. Meteors flew as night-fighters, trainers and ejection-seat test-beds.

Features:

• Accurate and detailed versions of the F.8 fighter and FR.9 fighter-reconnaissance variants
• Detailed cockpit
• 12 high quality liveries and a Paint Kit (166MB) is available to download
• Authentic sounds
• Retractable reticle gunsight
• Selectable wing fuel tanks or wing-mounted rocket load-outs (rockets non-operational)
• Simulated UV cockpit lighting
• Selectable colours for identification lights
• Simple autopilot function available
• Easy to operate and fly
• External battery cart
• Full animations
• PDF manual that includes a tutorial at Gloucester Staverton Airport on the operation and handling of the aircraft.

Liveries:
Meteor F.8

• WF714 of No. 500 Sqn Royal Auxiliary Air Force, West Malling, Kent, 1953
• EG-10 MN-S of 350 Smaldeel, Belgian Air Force, 1950s
• FS4440 of the Brazilian Air Force, now resident at the TAM Aviation Museum
• A77870 of the Royal Australian Air Force 'Meteorites' aerobatic team
• A77851 of 77 Sqn Royal Australian Air Force 
• A7717 of 77 Sqn Royal Australian Air Force, Korea, 1953
• VZ467 Meteor F.8 of 615 Sqn (County of Surrey) Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
• WK 681 F.8 of No.65 Sqn, RAF Aerobatic Team based at Duxford in December of 1953

Meteor FR.9

• WZ603 of No. 8 Sqn RAF, Sharjah May, Oman, 1960
• WZ956 of No. 208 Sqn RAF, Ta Qali (Malta) (Operation Musketeer), 1956
• FR-36 Meteor of 117 Tajeset, Israeli Defence Force, 1955
• WL 263 of No. 208 Squadron RAF, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1956

Flight Simulator X (Acceleration, Gold or SP2), FSX: Steam Edition or Prepar3D V3/V4
Windows 10 / 11
2.5 GHz or any Dual Core
2.0 GB RAM
512 MB graphics card
840 MB hard drive space

Version 1.04 SP2:

• Canopy railing gaps removed
• Rudder trim animation and control direction - fixed
• Stall sound added
• HP/LP cocks - now initialised correctly when the aircraft is first loaded and when autostart (Ctrl+E) is used. Mouse-wheel operation added for improved usability.
• EGT disparity between engines 1 and 2 - fixed
• Occasional electrical failures - fixed
• Navigation hold switch added to autopilot
• Red cockpit flood light added (switch above Machmeter)
• VOR needle colour changed for improved visibility at night
• Flap sound volume increased