Research into the poor safety record of Meteors
New boy here - having spent much time idling over this forum and reading about experiences etc it strikes me this would make a decent documentary programme for TV.
Does anyone know if this has ever been spoken about or suggested previously ?
I am about to start reading Nick Carter's "Meteor Eject!" with a view to creating a slideshow/filmshow for my local air cadets (my daughter is a cadet) and at this early stage I will do well to keep it below an hour with all your fantastic anecdotes.
My personal history ? I was an Armourer at Brawdy 78-82 and worked on Mr Catt's Meteor and marvelled at the simplicity of a primitive Martin Baker seat - and by the sounds of it some of you would have been very grateful for one in the early Meteors !
I have some contacts in the TV world so will try my luck at pitching a documentary of sorts.
This one stat should surely get them interested:
"1953 was a bad year, 486 aircraft lost with 334 fatalities" - from earlier in the thread.
Thank you for sharing these amazing stories.