Originally Posted by
BEagle
AAR can sometimes be problematic.
Steel wire from the damaged hose cause serious damage to the canopy and front fuselage of the AMX; if I recall correctly cabin pressure was lost and the pilot only just made it to the abort aerodrome.
- Paraphrased.
Maybe the relative position of the AAR probe, Beags ?
Even back in the sixties without some of the fancy gadgets now available, with the drogue and six feet of hosed still attached to the probe, the only damage was brown trousers and a lot of paint removed from the nose cone. Not recommended.