<img src="smile.gif" border="0"> Yep,I remember one day that a bunch of Victors were trailing some Phantoms out to Singapore; on of the Vs was delayed and took off at about 1030, by which time it was really hot, he only just made it off. I was in Local at the time and the controller had his hand on the crash phone for the last half of the take-off. The Victor kicked up dust as it staggered off the end of the runway at about 50ft--if that.
I think it was Joe L'Estrange who managed to put a Vulcan down when a Britt was stuck about half way up the runway with multiple tyre bursts one afternoon. He popped the brake 'chute at about 50ft as he came over the RW27 barrier (Ladie's Mile end) and the main gear touched before the 'piano keys'. Heavy breaking and he turned off at the eastern intersection.
Remember the Lightnings practising landing on the taxiway?
Absolutely magic place then; I passed through a few years ago and it was a ghost town. <img src="frown.gif" border="0">