Originally Posted by ATCO Fred
Seem to remember an incident from several years ago when (at Leeming) a VC10 reported RW vacated and the controller raised the jet Barrier for the Hawk that was following No2 (Remember Mil don't do Vortex Wake unless the wind is <5 kts!). Said barrier stanchion was raised right into the wing tip of the VC 10 leaving some nasty damage.
So it wasn't just Speedbird 10 drivers that didn't know the length of their own machine, then!