"Too bad we can't see the little control assembly that was used fly the aircraft while the pilot was head down staring at the radar display."
Actually, I think you can, though it's cunningly disguised as part of the throttle assembly in the photo above. Do you mean this?
http://www.adeptopensource.co.uk/per...controller.jpg
It's been great to read more details of the Lightning's weapons systems here; I could find very little indeed on the web about how they were operated.
Cheers,
AJ