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Old 25th Jan 2023, 22:08
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BEagle
 
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On 14 May 1982, I did a night trial in an F-4 from Wattisham with a Harrier whose pilot was doing an NVG trial. Very late at night, so really dark - he spotted us very easily and read the registration no. XV404 very easily, with all our lights out.

Then he asked me to put an engine into A/B.... Immediately there was a brief call of 'knock it off' as it had virtually destroyed either his night vision or the NVGs!
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