A fine Captain indeed. We were only cleared for a fly-past of the Statue of Liberty but he OK'd the bow on the grounds that we wouldn't get the chance for another 200 years! I still have the gunsight film!!
BTW, SRVL was used ONCE by a SHAR. It was never a cleared manoeuvre (for the above reasons) but I used it on 1st May 82 after taking flak in my rear end over Stanley. I knew that there was a large hole and feared that damage to the reaction controls might preclude a safe hover. As it transpired, the puffers were fine and I could have done a VL.