RAF Early Jet Aircraft PAGE

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RAF Museum
Grostar E28/36
The first centrifugal compressor jet engine aircrft all of the world !
Length : 7.72m
Wing Span : 8.84m
Hight : 2.82m
All-Up Weight : 1,698Kg
Empty Weight : 1,307Kg
Engine : Whittle W1X Centrifugal Compressor Jet (390Kg) X 1
Max Speed : 750Km/h
Service Ceiling : 9,754m
Crew : 1

IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
Grostar Meteor F1
The first jet Fighter in United Kingdom !
Length : 12.59m
Wing Span : 13.10m
Hight : 3.96m
All-Up Weight : 6,210Kg
Empty Weight : 3,663Kg
Engine : Rolls-Roys Weland Centrifugal Compressor Jet (765Kg) X 1
Max Speed : 656Km/h
Crew : 1
Armament : 20mm Machine Gun X 4