Originally Posted by
VictorGolf
Slightly confused here. Presumably the F4 in question was the Phantom not the Hunter F4?
My apologies. It was indeed an FGR2 Phantom of 92Sqn returning at night from Ramstein. The approach end barrier was unintentionally up and was 'arrested' by the undercarriage. The pilot, not realising what had happened, understandably reacted by selecting full burner to go round thus uprooting the whole barrier and carting it airborne into the night sky. Ejection was considered but.from what I recall. was discounted because the nav had a whole load of Hi-fi that he had just bought at the Ramstein BX on his lap. So the Hi-Fi probably saved an aicraft..