Reheat in the Swift.
Historical Reminder.
The Swift FR5, which we flew in Germany in the 50īs, was the First R.A.F. aircraft to be equipped with reheat. (R.R Avon114, approximately 7000 lbs Dry, 9,500 Wet- BUT... Only about 4000lbs if the reheat failed & the eyelids were not yet in the Dry position. I seem to remember they took about 4 long seconds to revert & regain Dry thrust). As we operated frequently off 2000 yard runways Wet, with not a lot to spare - especially on a calm hot summers day, reheat failure was not a thought to dwell on. There were no crash barriers in my time. Fortunately we were lucky not to have such an incident.
Anyone else out there remember those days ?? (PM always appreciated!!).