Any truth in the story that the cold war Germany Hunter jocks had to practise flying with an eye patch in case of flash-blindness; and that they practised landing on taxyways in case of runway damage?
The eye patch was indeed in fashion in the 60'ties. 730 Sqn RDAF, F-100's, flew with them. (What if there were 2 unplanned flashes?
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They also flew excercises in Army "battle dress" instead of flying suits, and according to a nice cartoon looked like a bunch of "Castro's"!
A few Hunters landed themselves after the pilot left them. One Danish Hunter ended up intact on the runway, gear up, at Skrydstrup. At one point the rogue Hunter pointed at the Tower and caused a hasty exit by all.
P.S. Normal to mark out strips of usable runway/taxiway. Easier if you had a Harrier!
