To the end of the IIȘ World-wide
War, the FAB ( Brazilian Air Force ) more than counted on 1,500
modern aircraft, including the fighters Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, what it
became it the second bigger Air Force of Americas. However, the advent of the
turbine the reaction became the virtually obsolete fighters the piston in few
years. Moreover, the fast substitution of these for the fighters the spurt, in
the production lines, made it difficult the maintenance of the aircraft the
piston, for the lack of spare parts. Already the Brazilian fighter pilots took
offense themselves at the lack of a modern aircraft in which could play its
missions. Brazilian government lacked, however, the financial resources to
acquire the number necessary of aircraft to equip a minimum of three squadrons
of hunting. Given the high unitary cost of a Republic F-84E Thunderjet or
North-American F-86F Sabre (USS300.000 and USS450.000, respectively), the
USS15 total millions to equip one or two squadrons in very exceeded the
available resources; exactly that they cost little, they could not be you
deliver short-term, seen the priority of if sending such aircraft to the units
of the USAF in Korea.
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The available alternative in the
market was the Gloster Meteor; in November of 1952, sixty units of the version
F.8 and ten of the T.7 version had been changed by about 15.000 tons of cotton
(equivalents, to the time, the 4 million sterling pounds), to a unitary cost of
42.810 and 40.310 sterling pounds, respectively (the difference corresponding
the surplus material, training of staff, has carried and insurance from the
aircraft to Brazil and a reserve to cover some eventuality). The BAF assigned
the version hunts as F-8 and of training as TF-7.
Here we represent a TF-7 operated
for the 1/14 Group of Aviation - Squadron Pampa
Thanks
Marcius
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