I was there and from what I remember the tomb was rolling for take off when the left tire burst. The aircraft left the runway to the left and being in reheat set fire to the grass. The back seater ejected and the pilot elected to get airborne because he was heading at max ground speed for a fully laden Victor tanker parked on the disused cross runway. Had he not got airborne the outcome would have been very different. He did divert to Lynham and carried out a safe arrester gear landing. Hence he did not leave that runway as well.
This was not a c!?k up so much as a very well handled emergency situation and the pilot desrves
In the 91 Hurn Display a canberra also burst a tyre and went left off the runway but he was landing and made it safely to a full stop without further damage. This also came not long after a twin engined aircraft giving public rides had its landing gear collapse on roll out. Quite a day.
BJ