I did my A +B at 618 GS West Malling, on the 7th May 1977.. 31 launches to solo.
Best 3x3 minutes of my life! Especially landing on the last one as it started to rain hard....open cockpits make rain quite painful!
The nest day, there was a Hangar flight going at close of play...I asked if I could sit in the back, as I had never been in the back of a Mk3.
"sure" he says..."I will take off, you can have it in the climb, when you release the cable, I will take it, and throw it around a bit"
"but you can't throw a Mk3 around!" says I...
"You wanna bet?"