Compass Call. I was on Canberra B(I)8s in Germany in 1969 and then became a founder member of the RAF Buccaneer Force. We did a lot of AAR both from big tankers Victors and VC 10s and from the Buccaneer in the Buddy Buddy role - day and night. I never found it easy and the pulse rate always went up when I lined up behind the tanker. Fortunately I never had a 'spokes' (when the probe went through the spokes of the drogue) nor a drogue ending up on my probe. I once had to refuel in serious turbulence in the Inter Continental Tropical Zone between the Azores and Puerto Rico - I felt I earned my flying pay that day! I have, in the UK, seen a Buccaneer come back with an entire hose trailing behind the aircraft. It is little like riding a bike and all pilots need to build up their experience including first tour Typhoon pilots. As someone else has remarked in this thread "there but for the grace of God"!