Originally Posted by
NutLoose
In the shots of the Jaguar at Farnborough (I saw just about every takeoff/landing from the tower) you may notice clods of earth etc flying up during takeoff, this being deposited on the runway and taxiway; most annoying and entirely unexpected the first time he did it. Fortunately they were able to clear it up every time to avoid ingesting it next time although there were no reports of any being ingested when they landed after the first rehearsal.