Editing Gloster Meteor (section)

==Variants==
;Gloster F.9/40
:Prototypes, eight built:
[[File:Gloster Meteor F9-40, UK - Air Force AN2235214.jpg|thumb|F.9/40 Meteor prototype ''DG202/G'' in wartime finish]]
* DG202/G powered by two [[Power Jets W.2|Rover W2B]] jet engines, first flown 24 July 1943.<ref name="Gloster1987-357">James 1987, pp. 357–358.</ref>
* DG203/G powered by two [[Power Jets W.2|Power Jets W2/500]] engines, first flown 9 November 1943.<ref name="Gloster1987-357" />
* DG204/G powered by two [[Metropolitan-Vickers F.2|Metrovick F2]] axial jet engines, unlike the other F.9/40s the engines were mounted under the wing, first flown 13 November 1943.<ref name="Gloster1987-357" />
* DG205/G powered by two [[Power Jets W.2|Rover W2B/23]] jet engines, first flown 12 June 1943.<ref name="Gloster1987-357" />
* DG206/G powered by two [[de Havilland Goblin|Halford H1]] jet engines, the first to fly on 5 March 1943.<ref name="Gloster1987-357" />
* DG207/G powered by two [[de Havilland Goblin|Halford H1]] jet engines, first flown 24 July 1945, became the prototype F.2 variant.<ref name="Gloster1987-357" />
* DG208/G powered by two [[Power Jets W.2|Rover W2B/23]] engines, first flown 20 January 1944.<ref name="Gloster1987-357" />
* DG209/G powered by two [[Power Jets W.2|Rover W2B/27]] engines, first flown 18 April 1944.<ref name="Gloster1987-357" />
;Meteor F.1
:First production aircraft built between 1943 and 1944, 20 built.<ref name="Gloster1987-357" />
;Meteor F.1, Trent turboprop
[[File:Gloster Trent-Meteor EE227.jpg|thumb|The ''Trent Meteor'']]
:One-off engine test bed, converted from former No. 616 Squadron RAF operational F.1 serial number ''EE227'', for the [[Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent|Rolls-Royce Trent]] [[turboprop]] engine making it the world's first turboprop-powered aircraft.<ref name="Gloster1987-251">James 1987, p. 251.</ref> The undercarriage was lengthened to give ground clearance for the initial 7 ft 7 inch [[Dowty Rotol|Rotol]] airscrews. First flying in September 1945, it was not shown publicly until June 1946. It was found that separate controls for thrust and constant speed units required a lot of skill to manage. It was then flown with higher engine thrust and smaller propellers to enable development of a combined control system.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1947/1947%20-%201201.html "Know how from the Trent."] ''Flight International'', 1947. p. 79, 82.</ref> The development programme was complete by 1948.<ref>Smith, Maurice A. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1948/1948%20-%200359.html "Trent Meteor In the Air."] ''Flight International'', 18 March 1948. p. 299.</ref>
;Meteor F.2
:Alternative engined version with two [[de Havilland Goblin|Halford H1s]] – one of the F.9/40s was used as prototype and trials by de Havilland, did not enter production.<ref name="Gloster87-252">James 1987, p. 252.</ref>
;Meteor F.3
:Derwent I powered, with sliding canopy. First flown 11 September 1944, 210 built (first 15 were Welland-powered).<ref name="Gloster1987-253">James 1987, pp. 253–257.</ref>
[[File:Gloster Meteor F4, UK - Air Force AN1364478.jpg|thumb|Meteor F.4]]
;Meteor F.4
:Derwent 5 powered with strengthened fuselage, 489 built by Gloster and 46 by Armstrong Whitworth for the Royal Air Force.<ref name="Gloster 257–264">James 1987, pp. 257–264.</ref> The F.4 was also exported to Argentina (50 aircraft), Belgium (48 aircraft), Denmark (20 aircraft), Egypt (12 aircraft), Netherlands (38 aircraft).<ref name="Gloster1987-253" />
;Meteor FR.5
:One-off fighter reconnaissance version of the F.4. Fitted with vertical cameras in the nose instead of the four cannon and with oblique cameras in the fuselage. Destroyed on maiden flight, 15 June 1949.<ref name="Gloster1987-264">James 1987, p. 264.</ref>
;Meteor F.6
:Under development in 1946–1947 and in all respects a forebear of the later F.8 having the short wings of the F.4 and a fuselage similar to that of the F.8 and an E.1/44 tail assembly. Did not progress beyond the drawing board and not built.<ref>Page 65 'The Gloster Meteor'by Edward Shacklady.</ref><ref>Page 129'Wings of Fame' Volume 15.</ref>
;Meteor T.7
:Two-seat trainer variant of the F.4, company prototype first flew 19 March 1948, 640 production aircraft for the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy (43) and 72 for export (Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Egypt, France, Israel, Netherlands). Avions Fairey modified 20 Belgian Air Force F.4s to T.7 standard.  Designated '''T-7''' and later '''TF-7''' by the [[Brazilian Air Force]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Brazilian Military Aircraft Designations|url=https://designation-systems.net/non-us/brazil.html|access-date=2025-03-17|website=designation-systems.net}}</ref>
;Meteor F.8
[[File:RDAF-499-Gloster-Meteor-MK8.jpg|alt=RDAF Gloster Meteor no. 499|thumb|Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) no. 499 Meteor F. MK.8 on display at Danmarks Flymuseum i Stauning, Skjern, Denmark]]
[[File:Gloster Meteor F.8 being prepared for flight.jpg|thumb|Meteor F.8 being prepared for flight]]
[[File:Gloster Meteor F8, UK - Air Force AN2233201.jpg|thumb|Meteor F.8]]
:Greatly improved from the F.4. Longer fuselage, greater fuel capacity, standard ejection seat and modified tail (derived from the [[Gloster E.1/44|E.1/44]]). A prolific frontline fighter in the RAF during 1950–54, this variant was ordered by the RAAF, with which it saw action in the Korea War.  Designated '''F-8''' by the Brazilian Air Force.<ref name=":0" />
;Gloster Meteor F8 "prone pilot"
:One-off experimental [[Gloster Meteor F8 "Prone Pilot"|Meteor F.8 "prone pilot"]], ''WK935'' modified by Armstrong Whitworth.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AuADAAAAMBAJ&dq=1954+Popular+Mechanics+January&pg=PA139 "Jet Pilot Flies on His Stomach in British Experiment."] ''Popular Mechanics'', July 1954, p. 139.</ref>
[[File:Gloster Meteor Prone.jpg|thumb|The "prone pilot" experimental testbed]]
;Meteor F.8 jet deflection test-bed: One F.8 (RA490) modified with [[Rolls-Royce Nene]] engines cantilevered forward of the wings and "deflection boxes" to direct jet exhaust downwards for jet-lift.<ref name="Flight271257p985">{{cite magazine|title=N.G.T.E. METEOR|magazine=Flight|date=27 December 1957|volume=72|issue=2553|page=985|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201896.html|access-date=12 March 2019}}</ref>
;Meteor FR.9
:Fighter armed reconnaissance version of the F.8, first flown 23 March 1950, 126 built by Gloster for the Royal Air Force. Former RAF aircraft were later sold to Ecuador, Israel and Syria.
;Meteor PR.10
:Photo reconnaissance version of the F.8, first flown 29 March 1950, 59 built for the Royal Air Force.
;Meteor NF.11
:Night Fighter variant with airborne interception (AI) radar designed and built by Armstrong Whitworth, three prototypes followed by 311 production aircraft for the Royal Air Force and 20 for the Royal Danish Air Force.
;Meteor NF.12
:Longer-nosed version of the NF.11 with American [[AN/APS-21]] radar, this was balanced by a slightly larger fin, first flown on 21 April 1953, 100 built by Armstrong Whitworth.
;Meteor NF.13
:"Tropicalised" version of the NF.11 to replace the Mosquito NF.36 for service with [[No. 39 Squadron RAF|39 Squadron]] in Malta and Cyprus and [[No. 219 Squadron RAF|219 Squadron]] based in Egypt. The first of 40 production aircraft built by Armstrong Whitworth was first flown on 21 December 1952. Former Royal Air Force aircraft were later sold to Egypt (6 aircraft), France (2 aircraft), Israel (6 aircraft) and Syria (6 aircraft).
;Meteor NF.14
:NF.11 with new two-piece blown canopy rather than the heavy-framed version. It also had a longer nose giving a length of 51 ft 4 in. Prototype modified from an NF.11 was first flown 23 October 1953 and was followed by 100 production aircraft built by Armstrong Whitworth for the Royal Air Force.
;Meteor U.15
:[[Target drone]] conversion of the F.4, 92 modified by [[Cobham plc|Flight Refuelling Ltd]].<ref name="James300">James 1987, pp. 300–302.</ref>
;Meteor U.16
:Target drone conversion of the F.8, 108 modified by Flight Refuelling.<ref name="James300" />
;Meteor TT.20
[[File:Gloster Meteor TT.20 WM159 776 Hurn 15.07.67 edited-3.jpg|thumb|Meteor TT.20 target tug of the [[Royal Navy]] in 1967]]
:High speed target towing conversion of the NF.11 for the Royal Navy by Armstrong Whitworth, 20 former Royal Air Force NF.11s were modified. Four additional conversions of four NF.11s of Royal Danish Air Force, after conversion these were flown by civil operators on behalf of the Danish military.<ref name="James302">James 1987, pp. 302–303.</ref>
;Meteor U.21
:Target drone conversion of the F.8 for the Royal Australian Air Force by Flight Refuelling, some aircraft modified in Australia by Fairey Aviation of Australasia using Flight Refuelling supplied modification kits.<ref name="James300" />
;Ground attack fighter
:Also known as the "Reaper", it was a F.8 modified by Gloster as a private venture ground attack fighter. The modification allowed the carriage of external rocket-assisted take-off Gear ([[JATO|RATOG]]), added extra pylons on the lower fuselage for expanded ordinance capacity and tip tanks. First flown 4 September 1950, only one was built.<ref name="James283">James 1987, pp. 283–286.</ref>
;Gloster CXP-1001
:A single-engine version of the Meteor proposed by Gloster as a pursuit fighter for the [[Republic of China Air Force]]. None were built.