AW Meteor NF.11 (WD790)
Cockpit only
NAHR category - Significant
Aircraft History
The NF.11 was a two-seat radar-equipped night-fighter version on the earlier Meteor F.8 built by Armstrong-Whitworth in Coventry.
WD790 History
WD790 didn't actually serve as a night-fighter, but instead was used as a testbed for radar and other systems over a thirty year period for aircraft such as the Lightning, TSR2, Tornado and Vulcan. It was also used as a (non destructive) manned radar target for Bloodhound and Thunderbird missile trials. The aircraft was scrapped in 1984, but NEAM succeeded in saving the cockpit section for preservation.
Trolley mounted WD790 at NEAM in Jan-08
WD790 at the 1971 St Mawgan airshow Credit: Stephen John Rendle