Hi,
I was at Brough for a short time - 6 months - working on Buccaneer S2 for RAF. I remember being part of a party taking one to HOSM for first flight. The arrestor hook was removed, a couple of tons of ballast loaded into rear avionics bay which was HUGE, the nose wheel retracted, wings folded and the whole a/c towed backwards thro' the countryside on its mainwheels. Special permission was needed to tow an a/c across the railway to Hull. This was '68 or '69
Re "Block" Whitehead - there were some wonderful shots of him flying a Buccaneer past the water tower at HOSM so staff could photograph some tufts - used for aerodaynamic flow visualisation - on the upper surface of the wing. All of 500kts/50ft! He told some wonderful tales of low flying in Buccs. He was a test pilot of the old school. Is he still alive?