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Hello Rob
you wont be seeing the Meteor any more ,its now based in Cornwall so to fly it up to Duxford and back would cost about 12 grand in fuel cost ,at 600 gallons an hour ,20 years work to get a permit to fly and base it in Cornwall ,i was in touch with the chap who worked on it for 20 years as he is also a Radio Ham

600 Gallons per hour? you sure about that and 12 k?

overall it was good TV and remember it is just TV and editors and producers have a story to tell with sometimes a bit of expansion and tension provided for the customer. I did feel a little sick at the footage of RR299 as I had seen her I think about a week or so before at Fighter Meet 96.
The emotion from the presenter was genuine and it was nice that the presenter was a private pilot which allowed a bit more appreciation of the story of similar aged men with these powerfull machine.
Good TV, would I watch it again ? I doubt it.

I worked there around 1985/86 on the bunker which is just to the right of the house as you look from the gardens. Every time I walked around to that garden I could hear the end title music from the BoB film where Dowding walks out onto the balcony.
at 53 seconds in below