Don't need mates to tell these facts:
Done a 12 min sortie and a 1hr 35min sortie in a Mk6, taking off and landing with the same amount of fuel (and not taking any extra on board through AAR). First was combat in the o'head, second was med level PIs).
Also, if you did the flight planning sums in the Mk3, if you got airborne in max reheat, and went into a 30 degree banked turn, you did not have enough fuel to get back to the airfield you took off from, speed and turn radius took their toll.
Fantastic aircraft to learn about flying in, but not much tactical use in the real world, mind you the 4 x AIM9 fit would have been great.....
Tarnished