Gloster Meteor T Mk.7
Serial No: G5/356460
Year: 1949
Description: A prime example of a 2 seat Historic Jet Aircraft
Engines: 2 x ROLLS-ROYCE DERWENT MK.9
PORT Engine: Dismantled & inspected 21/04/09 & released for remainder of it’s life (428.05hrs or 15years) Currently 388hrs remaining
STBD Engine: Dismantled & inspected 21/04/09 & released for remainder of it’s life (113.25hrs or 15years) Currently 72.9hrs remaining
However this period could be extended ref CAA letter 9/80/DERWENT/S01/1 dated 22 Aug 2008
Avionics Fitted: Garmin GNC250XL GPS Comm & GTX 330 TXPDR
Fatigue Life: According to CAA AAN 29186 the aircraft FI was 46.8 on 28/05/08 @ 1686.58 AF hours.
This calculation is from AP2210G Vol1 Chapter 1 section 4 table 2 item 18 (the airframe hours X 0.0278 which is the continuation training section). Based on that the current FI at 1725.76 AF hours is 47.97 for the fuselage. There is also a requirement covered by STI Meteor 150A to check wing spar bolts every 10FI hours which is due at 56.8FI