Gloster Meteor T.7 met7pic063

                   PART 1V-EMERGENCY HANDLING

     85.  Action in the event of electrical failure

     (a)  Single generator failure

          If either generator fails, the supply of the other is sufficient
          to keep the battery charged.

     (b)  Double generator failure

          In the unlikely event of both generators failing, all elec-
          trical services will be supplied by the batteries.  Switch off
          all non-essential elctrical services, including the L.P.
          pumps.

     86.  Hood jettisoning

     (a)  Reduce speed as much as possible.  Then check:-
     
          Seat			Fully lowered
          Gunsight		Lowered
          Harness		Tight and locked
          Helmet		Strap fastened and tight

          Before jettisoning the hood assume a position with head
          well forward and down.

          NOTE:-Unless the aircraft is being flown solo, reduce
                speed to 150 knorts before jettisoning the hood.
                At speeds above 200 knots it is very difficult, if
                not impossibkle, to fly the aircraft from the rear
                seat with the hood jettisoned.
                
     (b)  In the air, the hood is jettisoned by pulling the jettison
          handle in either cockpit.  To open the hood on the ground,
          one of the normal release levers should be used, thereby
          swinging the hood over the side, the jettison handle being
          used on the ground only if the hood is jammed and the
          normal method fails.  If the normal method fails, the jetti-
          son handle should be pulled to its fullest extent to release
          the side toggles.  The handle should then be released and
          this will cause the rear hooks to disengage.  The hood
          should then be pushed off to the starboard side to clear the
          assister arm.  If the rear hooks do not disengage they can
          be operated by pulling on one of the toggles on the star-
          board side of each cockpit or by the external release on the
          port side of the fuselage.

     (c)  In view of the above, the hood should, if time permits, be
          jettisoned in the air before a crash landing or ditching.