Originally Posted by
dctyke
you were lucky, on harrier gr5/7 we had to jack the a/c to change the receiver, later changed towing the a/c up a wooden ramp on one side of the main wheel in order to tilt the a/c over so the outrigger could be retracted in order to carry out the task! It was a long wait for Bol launcher to replace LAU and stop this dodgy practice!
Drifting a bit but you were also lucky. Try jacking a Victor, 90 cms. mains and tail, in order to load / unload a Blue Steel.