These slim, silver Gloster Meteor planes of the famed U.A.F. 222 (Natal) Squadron, flash over the Forth Bridge, Scotland, during operational exercises on June 7. The planes, the fastest operational fighter planes in the world, replace the Typhoons with which the Squadron created such havoe with German transport as they shot rocket after rocket along the roads, leading to the second front a few years ago. Pilots strapped tightly to their seats, wear no more than underwear beneath their thin flying suits Heat, in the cabins is supplied by air-friction at the planes’ terrific speeds. The straps hold the pilot still as he uses an airbrake that cuts down speed as quickly as the footbrake of a car. (A.P. Photo)

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23288, 24 June 1950, Page 5

These slim, silver Gloster Meteor planes of the famed U.A.F. 222 (Natal) Squadron, flash over the Forth Bridge, Scotland, during operational exercises on June 7. The planes, the fastest operational fighter planes in the world, replace the Typhoons with which the Squadron created such havoe with German transport as they shot rocket after rocket along the roads, leading to the second front a few years ago. Pilots strapped tightly to their seats, wear no more than underwear beneath their thin flying suits Heat, in the cabins is supplied by air-friction at the planes’ terrific speeds. The straps hold the pilot still as he uses an airbrake that cuts down speed as quickly as the footbrake of a car. (A.P. Photo)