Thanks Oxenos. It had been my understanding that the Mk3 phase 3 was definitely more of a handful, largely because the C of G was a bit aft and also because of a propensity to accelerated stalls? I have memories of Dad, rather upset, saying that they had wanted the testing done but funding wasn’t available that would have been IIRC December 1967. Now I read about - for example - failure to replace scissor shackles in the Hawk mk1 and dodgy DECU connectors in the Chinook HC2. Which leads me to wonder if the latter has matured into a safe aircraft, and if not, perhaps it merited a place in the 10 worst aircraft.....
caramba