Out of interest, and I’m sure Vintage ATCO would agree , that the SRA to 08 , particularly with a crosswind, was not easy. At about one and a half miles, coincident with ridge where the M1 motorway is, the effect of drift changed rapidly so you had to be quick to adjust for that. After a few, and I have done more than a few, on that day, you got the hang of it and started adjusting the heading before the “ridge” . However to complicate things the ridge produced a PE (Permanent Echo) so you also had to make sure you tilted the aerial up, not too much!, so you could see the blip but not the PE. I won’t even go into rain/snow clutter. It was a long time ago now .
