PROFILE # 12

THE GLOSTER METEOR F.8

(C.F. ANDREWS)

This series was started back in the early 1960s and takes the form of a small format, soft cover booklet with 12 or more pages.  Illustrations are generally black & white photographs (though some later ones had some colour) with two or more pages of colour profiles.  In addition, summaries of aircraft specification, performance and armament are detailed.  Many of these booklets can still be a useful reference tool and are highly sought-after little books are an invaluable resource for aviation historians, modellers and collectors alike.

Contents:

            The Meteor in Korea

            The Experimental F.8s

            The Foreign F.8s

            The Meteor Structure

Pages:  12  (23.5cm x 17.5cm)

Condition:  Acceptable / good, staples rusted but sound and pages secured.  Moderate rubbing to spine and splits down the spine crease from both edges to the top and bottom staple (see photograph).  Some marking evident on the front cover page.  Moderate ink staining on back cover page from the front page of copy stored below it; common on these early publications where the pink / red ink from the front cover page wasn’t 100% sealed.

Publication:  1965