Originally Posted by
SpringHeeledJack
Bearing in mind just how low some sorties were, at least the RAF Buccaneers, would the terrain following radar have been much use if below 500feet ? It just seems that you'd need very cool blood to trust your life to such a wondrous invention.
It clearly was, it says 30-50 metres was the norm for this TFR and by my reckoning, 30 metres is about 100ft. So why not 500ft?