Gloster Meteor T.7 met7pic026


                           PART 1-DESCRIPTIVE

    (c)  (i)   There is a hood locking indicator (73) on the star-
               board wall of the front cockpit.  When the starboard
               catches are correctly engaged, the two white pointers
               on the indicator are in line.

         (ii)  Fighter Command Mod. 40 introduces a spring-
               loaded pushbutton on the port wall of the from cock-
               pit; it can only be depressed when the locking handle
               is in the correct locked position.

         (iii) Mod. 1787 introduces a hood warning light in each
               cockpit.  That in the front cockpit is above the wind-
               screen, to port of centre and that (106) in the rear
               cockpit is at the forward end of the cockpit wall.  The
               light comes on when the hood is not locked shut.

    (d)  Hood jettisoning

         There is a hood jettisoning handle (44) (108) on the starboard
         side of each instrument panel.  When either handle is pulled
         out, both port and starboard hood catches are released,
         allowing the hood to swing up and back about the rear
         hooks; the hood disengages from the hooks when it
         reaches an angle of about 40°.
         
    28.  Seats and harness

         Both seats can be adjusted for height by levers on the star-
         board side of the seats.  The lean-forward releases (74)
         (121) for the Z-type harness are on the starboard wall of
         each cockpit.  A dinghy guard is fitted to the front of each
         seat.
        
    29.  Cockpit heating

    (a)  The cockpits are supplied with warm air from the engines
         and the heating in both cockpits is controlled by a lever
         (71) on the starboard wall of the front cockpit.  The for-
         ward position of the lever is the OFF position and the lever
         is moved progressively backwards to ON to increase the
         heat in both cockpits.  This control should be OFF during
         take-off, to prevent fumes entering the cockpit.

    (b)  A ventilation control (14) on the port wall of the front
         cockpit operates a cold-air intake valve and a stale-air
         outlet valve.  The control is pulled back progressively to
         open both valves.