Lord (Norman) Tebbit flew Meteors, and I found the following quote:
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He trained as a jet pilot with the RAF and lived for the 'sheer animal thrill' of flying at high speed. One day during take-off in a Meteor something went wrong and he found himself trapped in his cockpit, his oxygen mask full of blood, and the plane, which was full of fuel, on fire. He assumed he was going to die but, instead of panicking he considered his options, and eventually found a way to break the glass and scramble free before passing out.
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Sounds interesting. In an earlier interview which I read some years ago, he said that after that incident, with a jammed canopy, he felt that he was playing with the Casino's money.