Forty-five thusand feet, forty-five degree bank turn, 1.5g, 2,000 feet per minute rate of climb.
No, not the flying flat iron but us in a Vulcan trying to evade a Javelin. The Javelin was hanging in there, tied on 7 o'clock 5 miles on our inside.
Round and round we went climbing higher and higher but still he was there unmoving on my Fishpool display. Eventually, when he slipped out to 6 miles the pilots broke the spell. We had been doing simulated IMC evasion and they could see the flat iron turning aimlessly 25,000 feet below.
As a missile platform against an unalerted bomber it was a good bet at a night fighter. One of our plotters, Bertie Wooster, was held in great awe on our sqn. He had 1,700 hours on Javelin all-weather night fighters. Somewhat less impressive was his grand total of 150 hours night.