Was on a weekend in Gioia, in 1990 (when I was on 31 Sqn at Bruggen) with the ever redoubtable W****r "Bongs" W****n. We had a typical GR1 snag and had to hang around for a few hours whilst we waited for some useful "assistance" from the local gingers.
Opposite us on the pan, no more that 100 yards away, was "Faceman" and three real F104 drivers filming a sequence for the very same Blue Tornado. Seemed to Bongs and I that he kept on F
g up the climb up to the cockpit because he tried it about 20+ times! We are actually featured, in said film, taxying out, having finally got the CSAS to wind up to speed.
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