The "Trent meteor" in flight.

The "Trent meteor" in flight. A Meteor (Mark I) aircraft, which has now been fitted with two Rolls-Royce "Trent" engines, - in flight during experimental tests of this new combination. The "Trent" propeller-turbine engine has proved invaluable as a research engine, and although there is nog intention of manufacturing it is a production unit, it has enabled its makers to achieve great progress with the problem of aero-turbine engines being used to drive propellers.