B-36 over Manchester late 1950s

[NutherA2]

Using the gun sight fitted in the Hunter required the wingspan of the target aircraft to be set, so as to enable accurate ranging/deflection during the “attack”. During bomber affiliation exercises, if the target was the Convair “Aluminum Overcast”, however, a major drawback was that the gun sight range scale did not go up as far as 230 feet; IIRC the solution was to set 70 feet and range on the tailplane.