ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 241083
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| Date: | Monday 5 May 1947 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor F.4 |
| Owner/operator: | Gloster Aircraft Company Ltd. (G-INFO) |
| Registration: | G-AIDC |
| MSN: | G5/100 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Melsbroek AFB, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Melsbroek Air Base (EBMB), Zaventeml, Belgium. |
| Melsbroek Air Base (EBMB), Zaventeml, Belgium. | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
G-AIDC, (Gloster Aircraft Ltd; civil Meteor F.4 demonstrator), was written off following a landing accident at Melsbroek Airbase, Brussels on 5th May 1947, when on a test flight flown by a Belgium pilot, who was carrying out his first flight in a jet aircraft. (It was subsequently found that the aircraft actually suffered a technical malfunction).
The centre section , rear fuselage and outer wing panels were salvage and and used in the construction of the prototype Meteor T.7 two seat trainer G-AKPK. (G5/201).
Sources:
http://belmilac.wikifoundry.com/page/Gloster+Meteor+F.4
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=https://www.strijdbewijs.nl/top/t/meteor.htm&prev=search&pto=aue
Aeroplane Monthly June 1976 'First in civies' P.319
https://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Aldrich/11287.htm
http://belmilac.wikifoundry.com/page/Gloster+Meteor+F.4
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Sep-2020 13:46 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 07-Nov-2022 20:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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