- "Well, sir... can you think of anything better? "
Lieutenant Bob Meddings is a member of the air crew employed by Air Terrainean. When Fireflash had a bomb placed in its landing gear, Meddings conceived the idea of putting a man into the undercarriage using a TX-204 Target Carrying Aircraft.
Biography
He volunteered for the highly dangerous mission. Although the attempt failed when Meddings lost his grip and fell out of the wing, he survived the fall to the ground when his parachute deployed.
A million to one chance!
TX-204 takes off
Bob gets ready to leave the plane
The target is released
Out into the sky!
Meddings has a firm grip
Target away!
It's a long way down!
Underneath the Fireflash
Nearly there....
Bay doors open
Meddings gets a grip
One false move!
Grip lost, but safely down!
Trivia
- Bob Meddings was named in honour of Thunderbirds Art Director Bob Bell and visual effects supervisor Derek Meddings.
- The same puppet also played the Seahawk Pilot (Air Sea Rescue) in Operation Crash-Dive, still wearing the same uniform.
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Seahawk pilot