Gloster E28/39 - Lutterworth, Leicestershire
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N 52° 27.021 W 001° 11.907
30U E 622427 N 5812655
Replica of a Gloster E28/39 just south of the town of Lutterworth, at the end of the short link to junction 20 of the M1 motorway. The engine of the original was designed and developed in Lutterworth.
Waymark Code: WMQ4W7
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/20/2015
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"produced using an original pencil general-arrangement drawing supplied by the Jet Age Museum, from which Rolls-Royce were able to produce a virtual 3D model"
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"The Gloster E.28/39, (also referred to as the "Gloster Whittle", "Gloster Pioneer", or "Gloster G.40") was the first British jet-engined aircraft to fly. It was designed to test the Whittle jet engine in flight, leading to the development of the Gloster Meteor.
Specifications -
General characteristics
Crew: One
Length: 25 ft 4 in (7.74 m)
Wingspan: 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m)
Height: 8 ft 10 in (2.70 m)
Wing area: 146 ft² (13.6 m²)
Airfoil: G.W.2-section [6]
Empty weight: 2,886 lb (1,309 kg)
Loaded weight: 3,748 lb (1,700 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Power Jets W.1 turbojet, 860 lbf (3.8 kN)
Fuel capacity: 81 gallons[6]
Performance
Maximum speed: 338 mph (544 km/h) at 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
Range: 410 mi (656 km)
Endurance: 56 minutes
Service ceiling: 32,000 ft (9,755 m)
Rate of climb: 1,063 ft/min (5.9 m/s)
Thrust/weight: 0.21
Armament
Guns: None fitted but provision for four 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns
In 1946, the first prototype (W4041) was placed in the Science Museum in Central London, where it is exhibited today in the Flight Gallery. A full-size replica is on display in the middle of a roundabout at Lutterworth in Leicestershire, where the aircraft's engine was produced."
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