Originally Posted by
dook
I managed one trip in one day.
6hrs 20mins in a Newt aeroplane. Six refuelling brackets, one of them in cloud for 20 minutes. I couldn't even see my wingman on the other wing of the tanker.
That's rather tiring I can tell you.
I'll bet the first beer went down very well after that. More than once did I crawl out of the cockpit. Aching everywhere, sand in the eyes, removing the clamp around my head and trying to trying to restore circulation in my arse. Often there was no beer, just a an hour and a half's drive home. Then do it all again 8 hours later.
Masochistically I did rather enjoy it.