BEags: interesting you mentioned that about the '69 alert; I flew with a 777 Capt a while back who mentioned it to me, and what a wild "hail-Mary" strategy it was. The Capt was an F-106 interceptor-chappie at the time here in the US. Interestingly enough, he was one of the test chaps who live fired the Geenie missile way back when, wearing one dark glass and flying a split-ar$e S to get away before extra sunshine.
The escape strategy for that was fairly hopeless, too...
Is Tim W. (Vulcan co-pilot for the last season) still around, and one of the considerations? I know he went and flew the KC-10 about a decade ago at Barksdale or wherever.
This and the Buc thread are great!
