Armstrong-Whitworth’s Lead Test Pilot, Eric George Franklin, in the Meteor F8 Prone Pilot cockpit. He piloted each of the 99 tests flights
Gloster Meteor F8 Prone Pilot (1954) The last Meteor produced, serial No. WK935, was converted by the manufacturers Armstrong-Whitworth as an experimental "proof of concept" aircraft designed to explore the possible benefits of a prone position pilot