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MPN11
Ah, the Vampitre T11 ... as flown by Marshall's pilots to train we GCA students, using the 2 MPN11 trucks at Sleap. I don't recall them being difficult to see, but perhaps part of our training was using the kit to its best advantage? I do remember on Talkdown giving one a 'radar advisory' on a large flock of birds about to cross the glide path ahead of him, so discrimination must have been fairly good.
How was it in the rain in jolly old EngerLand? I would have to do some research to find the single GCA type unit at Nowra, which had to be towed around to the duty runway - so... if the wind/runway changed one had to wait and wait and wait so we jettsetters had a low level visual approach to NAS Nowra to befuddle the pundits. Often us junior Vamp Pilots had to wait whilst the new A4Gers used the GCA in foul weather <sigh> therefore before we ran out of fuel a low visual approach was de rigeur.