Canadian test pilot Squadron Leader Bill Waterton AFC (1916-2006) climbs into the cockpit of a Gloster Meteor IV jet aircraft for a high speed flight from a Royal Air Force (RAF) station in England in August 1946. Bill Waterton, currently with Central Fighter Establishment would join the Gloster Aircraft Company as a test pilot in September 1946. (Photo by Edward Malindine/Popperfoto via Getty Images)