Wish I could get there as I have great regard for John having spoken to him many times on radar and also met him personally.
Wonder if he'll recount the story of the USMC Harrier I was told by a Boscombe TP. Apparently the USMC were having this problem with a Harrier on board one of their carriers; it kept doing uncontollable rolls always in the same direction after a VTO, breaking several wingtip outriggers, so John went out to investigate. The story goes that he did a VTO, and put it down again quickly. On climbing out, he asked the groundcrew if they were aware that there was no fuel in one wing, with full fuel in the other!