I should point out the SHAR was difficult to lock up with an IR missile head on as the engine wasn't very hot in forward flight and especially from above (Ardiles would have been looking down) as the wing tended to blank the hot (rear) nozzles. I seriously doubt we would have had the forward speed at that height to generate any significant skin friction on the leading edges!
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Last edited by Edmund Spencer; 2nd Nov 2008 at 04:01.