Gloster Meteor F8 at Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington, York, Yorkshire.

Gloster Meteor F8 at Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington, York, Yorkshire. The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to achieve combat operations during the Second World War. The Meteor's development was heavily reliant on its ground-breaking turbojet engines, pioneered by Frank Whittle and his company