I know this is off topic but interesting anyway. Like you Phil as an air cadet at 16 yrs of age I flew in a RAF Meteor mk7 out of RAF Odiham. I flew it myself for 20 minutes at 10,000 ft.
The pilot advised me that a few Hawker Hunters were also getting airborne and often engaged the Meteors in a dog fight, however, lucky for me they didn't or I would have been throwing up also.
Alan.