Gloster Meteor

1943 fighter aircraft family; Britain's first jet fighter
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Gloster Meteor

Summary

Gloster Meteor is an aircraft family[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of aircraft_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,431 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gloster Meteor's image is recorded as Gloster Meteor F8, UK - Air Force AN2059465.jpg[3].
  • Gloster Meteor's instance of is recorded as aircraft family[4].
  • Gloster Meteor's operator is recorded as Royal Air Force[5].
  • Gloster Meteor's operator is recorded as Royal Australian Air Force[6].
  • Gloster Meteor's manufacturer is recorded as Gloster Aircraft Company[7].
  • Gloster Meteor's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85084309[8].
  • Gloster Meteor's subclass of is recorded as first-generation jet fighter[9].
  • Gloster Meteor's subclass of is recorded as land-based fighter monoplane[10].
  • Gloster Meteor's subclass of is recorded as single-seat fighter[11].
  • Gloster Meteor's Commons category is recorded as Gloster Meteor[12].
  • Gloster Meteor's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[13].
  • Gloster Meteor's powered by is recorded as turbojet[14].
  • Gloster Meteor's first flight is recorded as +1943-03-05T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Gloster Meteor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bqpz[16].
  • Gloster Meteor's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph777784[17].
  • Gloster Meteor's service entry is recorded as +1944-07-27T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Gloster Meteor's service retirement is recorded as +1980-01-01T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Gloster Meteor's Air Ministry specification ID is recorded as F9/40[20].
  • Gloster Meteor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gloster Meteor[21].
  • Gloster Meteor's Commons gallery is recorded as Gloster Meteor[22].
  • Gloster Meteor's total produced is recorded as {'amount': '+3947'}[23].
  • Gloster Meteor's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/Gloster-Meteor[24].
  • Gloster Meteor's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+12.5'}[25].
  • Gloster Meteor's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3.96'}[26].
  • Gloster Meteor's wingspan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+13.1'}[27].

Body

Physical Characteristics

Gloster Meteor's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+12.5'}[25].

Designation and Status

Gloster Meteor's instance of is recorded as aircraft family[4].

Why It Matters

Gloster Meteor ranks in the top 10% of aircraft_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,431 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Gloster Meteor. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/gloster-meteor
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