Originally Posted by
chopper2004
Slightly digressing, speaking of Harrier or SHAR in Scotland, I was in the and was in the business suite in my digs for Heli Expo 2011 in Orlando,. I got chatting to one of the guests who was from somewhere on the eats coats of USA and he was a former Navy SEAL..who had roots here from Manchester. He said when he was on exercise over here for likes of Joint Warrior or the equivalent in the 1990s and was offered a ride in the back of a T.4N or whatever the two seat SHAR was, off the deck of Invincible, Ark or Lusty. He took up the offer with glee and spoke highly of our RN.
TBH i did not think the two seat trainer would be present at these exercises unless some Flag staff came up to see manuouvers.
Cheers
BS! T4s did not operate from carriers. There were good physical reasons for this - the refuelling nozzles did not fit. The only time that one was landed onboard, they had to fit an in-flight refuelling probe and fill it through that!
Mog