Meet the UK airman who was the first person fired out of the cockpit of a speeding jet at 400mph

Test pilot John 'Jo' Lancaster strode across the ground at RAF Bitteswell in Leicestershire on May 30, 1949, the sun warm on his face and the blustery wind rippling his jet-black hair.

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