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- Metropolitan-Vickers_F.2 comment "The Metropolitan-Vickers F.2 was an early turbojet engine and the first British design to be based on an axial-flow compressor. It was an extremely advanced design, using a nine-stage axial compressor, annular combustor, and a two-stage turbine. It first powered a Gloster Meteor in November 1943, outperforming similar models from Power Jets.In spite of this excellent start, it was considered unreliable and never saw use during the war.".
- Q3855741 comment "The Metropolitan-Vickers F.2 was an early turbojet engine and the first British design to be based on an axial-flow compressor. It was an extremely advanced design, using a nine-stage axial compressor, annular combustor, and a two-stage turbine. It first powered a Gloster Meteor in November 1943, outperforming similar models from Power Jets.In spite of this excellent start, it was considered unreliable and never saw use during the war.".