Ah well, that's 'cos I was flying them when they were relatively new, my last flight on one was in 1993 - they worked quite well then.
We were always told that they were only really a stop-gap until a dedicated tanker came along . . . hmmm.
The best receiver of all was the E3D, it sucked better than Linda Lovelace, took lots of juice which meant we could go home early for tea and stickies
