Originally Posted by
Harley Quinn
I'm pretty sure that BS on Victors was loaded using a special pit. I'd have thought having a bucket loaded with no weight on ground might be considered a hazard.
Not a hope, 2 mains and a tail wheel jack and up 39 ins. a penny width at a time. Push in the missile, winch it up, carry out post loads and lower the jacks. There were bomb bay side fairings that could be removed to do the job without jacking but they had dozens of screws and dzus fasteners which took hours to re align and refit, much easier to jack up. Every pan at Wittering had 2 mains and a tail jack ready for use.