Originally Posted by
pulse1
I have just been reminded that I once had a Sea Vixen parked outside my office while they worked out how to convert it for pilotless flight. My previously mentioned good friend told me that he thought that the fuel system was far too complicated to be operated remotely. However, as far as I know, they did successfully use the Vixen to replace the Meteors so they must have been able to do it.
So did I have one (actually two) Vixen's parked outside of my office awaiting conversion to drone. Did you work for Flight Refuelling by any chance as this was the company tasked with the D3 conversion? However the program was cancelled before completion and the Sea Vixen never flew pilotless, always had a safety pilot on board whether being trialed from Hurn or Llanbedr.