Originally Posted by Tankertrashnav
On one night sortie one of the Lightnings managed to break off his probe, leaving it in the basket. It was returned to 74 the next day along with a note which read - "Tiger, tiger burning bright, did you lose your end last night?"
It was subsequently mounted nicely on a wooden base, and lived on a shelf in the "Pigs Bar". ISTR the brass plate actually said "...Did you
blunt your end last night."
Originally Posted by Fareastdriver
A few months later somebody did this followed by a full reheat take off, rotate and climb. The extra fuel in the ventral caused the aircraft to G stall on the rotate and it spiralled into the ground killing the pilot and a villager.
If we are thinking of the same incident, it was in 1969 and being video recorded. I believe the recommended 'pull' was 2.5g, but analysis suggested the pilot (Frank W.) actually pulled nearer 4.0g, leading to the g-stall.