Gloster Meteor i Danmarks Flymuseum i Stauning, Skjern. Flyet har halenummeret B-499. Det smukke fly kan ses i museets udstilling. Der betales entré.
Danmark købet i 1945 tyve Gloster Meteor Mk. IV, der kom til at gøre tjeneste under Marinens 3. Luftflotille, og efter Flyvevåbnets oprettelse i 1950 overførtes til ESK 723. Meteor Mk. fløj i flyvevåbnet indtil 1956.
Ved siden af Mark IV'erne købte flyvevåbnet yderligere ni stk Meteor Mk. VII (2-sædet), der bl.a. anvendtes til omskolingsformål og gjorde tjeneste fra 1950 - 1962, under hvilken periode 7 af dem totalhavarede. Meteor Mk. 8 havde en 70 cm længere krop, trykkabine samt katapultsæde. I 1950 købte det danske flyvevåben i alt tyve Meteor Mk. 8, der blev leveret året efter og primært indgik i ESK 724 på FSN Karup, men senere flyttedes til Aalborg, hvor de opererede i seks år.
Da ESK 724 i 1956 overgik til at anvende Hawker Hunter fik Meteor Mk. 8 bl.a. til opgave at flyve som målslæbningsfly m.m. Men de fleste blev ophugget i 1957 - 1958. Fra 1951 - 52 fik flyvevåbnet leveret tyve Meteor N.F. Mk. 11, der var en natjagerversion forsynet med en længere næse til radarinstallation. Nogle af disse ombyggedes senere til målslæbningsfly under betegnelsen T.T.Mk.20, der var i tjeneste til medio august 1962.
Gloster Meteor F. Mk. 8 499 er blevet restaureret til statisk udstilling i Danmarks Flymuseum af en gruppe unge mennesker fra Videbæk Ungdomsskole under ledelse af ungdomsskoleinspektør J. P. Andersen, og senere ungdomsskoleinspektør John Jensen.
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English: Gloucester Meteor in the Danish Aviation Museum in Stauning, Skjern. The aircraft has the tail number B-499. The beautiful plane can be seen in the museum's exhibition. Admission is paid.
Denmark acquired in 1945 twenty Gloster Meteor Mk. IV, which came to serve during the Navy's 3rd Air Flotilla, and after the establishment of the Air Force in 1950 was transferred to ESK 723. Meteor Mk. flew in the Air Force until 1956.
Next to the Mark IVs, the Air Force bought another nine Meteor Mk. VII (2-seater), which i.a. were used for retraining purposes and served from 1950 - 1962, during which period 7 of them were completely wrecked. Meteor Mk. 8 had a 70 cm longer body, pressure cabin and catapult seat. In 1950, the Danish Air Force bought a total of twenty Meteor Mk. 8, which was delivered the following year and was primarily part of ESK 724 at FSN Karup, but was later moved to Aalborg, where they operated for six years.
When ESK 724 in 1956 switched to using Hawker Hunter, Meteor Mk. 8 b.a. for the task of flying as a towing aircraft, etc. But most were scrapped in 1957 - 1958. From 1951 - 52 the Air Force was supplied with twenty Meteor N.F. Mk. 11, which was a night fighter version fitted with a longer nose for radar installation. Some of these were later converted into target tugs under the name T.T.Mk.20, which were in service until mid-August 1962.
Gloucester Meteor F. Mk. 8 499 has been restored to a static exhibition in the Danish Aviation Museum by a group of young people from Videbæk Ungdomsskole under the leadership of ungdomsskoleinspekter J. P. Andersen, and later ungdomsskoleinspektor John Jensen.
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