John Eacott
I was always very comforted by the presence of the planeguard, and eternally grateful that I never had to call on your services.
A further footnote to the tale is that the complete film of our excursion along the deck was shown in the wardroom cinema that evening before the main movie. Believe me it was more frightening watching from the outside than it had been in the cockpit. This is probably because during the incident we only thought we had hit one thing!
I understand that the film is somewhere in the FAA Museum archives.
QWIN