Southbound:
I personally found the approach to C17 very refreshing.
How much though do the RAF's C17s vary from the USAF ones? Surely the problem with the Chinook Mk3s is that they were very much one off variants cobbled together by the cash strapped Brits? The reason for being cash strapped may very well be because we are forever "cobbling" (see MRA4), but that is another matter. It is Boscombe's job to assess such one offs and make sure that they meet the airworthiness standards prescribed. When they do not and the solution is to ignore BD then alarm bells should be ringing at illegally high decibels. Sorry, what's that? Can't hear you old boy, it's the bells, the bells!!