Originally Posted by
Geriaviator
I would hesitate to believe any utterance of the late and unlamented Savile, but Buccaneers don't glide very well. Bucc on test flight from RNAY Sydenham ran out of fuel when downwind as a result of fuel dump valve sticking open after test over Irish Sea. Pilot was my friend Lt Cdr Giles Blundell who told me that he had hopes of making it into the grassy areas of Orangefield Park half a mile beyond but when the nose pitched up observer Ricky Allen ejected, closely followed by Giles, finally the Bucc which performed a vertical landing atop the front wall of an office no more than 250m beyond. Fortunately no fuel=no fire and nobody was injured except Giles, whose elbow was shattered when his chute slid off a rooftop, and Ricky had serious back injuries.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/55097
Well, I've learned something - the term RNAY (Royal Navy Air Yard) - when was this replaced by RNAS?