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The Gloster Meteor holds a permanent place in aviation history as the first British jet fighter and the only Allied jet aircraft to see combat during World War II.

It represented a massive leap from the piston-engine era into the Jet Age.

The Meteor entered service with the RAF’s No. 616 Squadron in July 1944. Its career was long and varied:

V-1 "Doodlebug" Hunter: Its primary role in WWII was intercepting German V-1 flying bombs.

Since it was faster than piston-engine fighters, pilots would often fly alongside the V-1 and use their wingtip to "flip" the bomb, disrupting its gyroscope and crashing it before it reached London.

The Korean War: The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) flew Meteors against Soviet-built MiG-15s. While the Meteor was outclassed in high-altitude dogfights by the swept-wing MiGs, it excelled in ground-attack roles.

Variants: Beyond a fighter, it served as a night fighter (with a radar nose), a photo-reconnaissance aircraft, and a two-seat trainer.

Top Speed 600 mph (965 km/h)

Range 600 miles Service Ceiling 43,000 feet

Armament 4 × 20 mm Hispano cannons

Provisions for two 1,000 lb bombs or 16 rockets

Here is a first an absolutely amazing reproduction of the Spitfire MK I undercarriage hand pump.

 In the very early Spitfires you had to pump the lever backwards and forwards to get the UC to come up and lock, if you watch film of the first Spitfires you can see them rocking from side to side as they climb due to the pilot pumping the UC lever.

The quality of this unit is superb all machined parts to original drawings.  I am afraid it is just for display and does not function other than the levers moving . Also included is the label instructions for the cockpit.

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The pump can be seen clearly in the pictures of the prototype Spitfire above.

He we have a functional manual hydraulic pump from a Beaufort, in nice clean condition used in emergency's to operate the undercarriage. The Bristol Beaufort was one of a series of aircraft  It was designed in response to two Air Ministry specifications issued in 1935. M.15/35 called for a torpedo-bomber and G.24/35 for a general reconnaissance and bomber aircraft. The Beaufort went on to perform well as a torpedo-bomber. It was Coastal Command’s main torpedo bomber from 1940 to 1943, when it was replaced by torpedo armed Beaufighters (itself developed from the Beaufort). Six home squadrons and three in the Middle East would eventually use the Beaufort.

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This is a superb addition to our replica Spitfire parts range.

A top quality reproduction of the Spitfire undercarriage selector made from original drawings exactly to scale.

Please note this is not airworthy and is for display only. Used on all Mk's of Spitfire .

 All parts are metal except the cover plate and knob.

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       Please note there will be up to a 2 week lead time on this part before delivery.

This is an top quality reproduction in steel and alloy emergency undercarriage blow down control for the Spitfire, this unit will take the original bottle and has the correct thread for the original bottle.

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Here is an Hydraulic Undercarriage Hand Pump. It is in Good Condition with the Original Part Label.

We have two available.

Ref: 27Q/30058

Manufactured By British Messier

Grumman TBF TBM Avenger Landing gear and flap selector (Cont pg5 No 4)

This is really a superb peace from an aircraft which served in one of the biggest naval conflicts of all time.

The Grumman TBF Avenger was an American torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and naval aviation services around the world.

The Avenger entered U.S. service in 1942, and first saw action during the Battle of Midway.

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Seen in situ above left.

£1200

This a really nice undercarriage pump for the Avro Anson. It is still attached to a piece of the original airframe.

The Anson was one of the first aircraft designed with retractable undercarriage which was raised manually by vigorous pumping of this lever. I believe this is from a later model and was probably retained as a back up to hydraulic failure. Even the very early spitfire U/C was raised in this way and old films show a characteristic wobble after take off as the Pilot struggles to pump the U/C up while maintaining control of the aircraft.

This unit is currently seized but this should be rectified by a strip down.

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£425

Everything shown in the pictures is supplied.

This is a reproduction Spitfire emergency undercarriage blow down control fitted to all MKs of Spitfire and mounted on the lower right of the cockpit..

 In an emergency if the hydraulic system had been damage this part would lower the wheels one time using compressed gas. This piece is made exactly to scale and comes complete as shown.

Please note the bottle is not interchangeable with the original bottle shown above but we are currently having some valve units shown which will take the original bottle. This unit is a reproduction and is not functional or suitable for flying aircraft it is only for display.

£575