Originally Posted by
Bill Macgillivray
Beagle, how right you are regarding 300-ser. aircraft in "cruise". The "cruise/take-off" limiting switch (yes -switch! ) was mounted on the throttle quadrant and wire locked in "cruise". I do remember, however, when giving displays overseas with friendly crew chiefs, that frequently the wire locking was "broken" and the switch was in the take-off position. Who was I to change it?!!! glad 655 is now "S", many happy memories! Bill
I vaguely recall picking up a 300 series aircraft from St Athan and finding the governor switch in Takeoff. As it was ex-major all the role equipment had been removed and the ZFW was somewhere in 80s. I only vaguely recall the departure as it didn’t take long and everything happened extremely quickly! I do recall that an unusually large amount of up elevon was involved.
Happy days
YS