I dont think we were being rude about the T11 per se, just its dreadful cockpit, gear, flap and airbrake levers all together !
Having said that, at t least they got two MB. Seats in the later T1. and having had to use one in a JP I was glad they did !
I too, remember climbing to 30 k plus at night over London, and, frankly, marvelling at the view.
Dont think we can be too critical of the Meteor T7, much of the asymmetric traning was, by todays training standards, b. dangerous.