' Britain's last Top Guns ' ?!
I think our Falklands guys ( Navy & RAF ) such as Sharkey, Steve Thomas, Graham Tomlinson & co. might comment on that if they weren't too polite!
Also the ACMI range in the North Sea might be worth a mention, if it's still going; set up by John Farley when he was proving too useful as Manager at Dunsfold, keeping the place going when the northern BAe directors wanted to close it; thus the poor back-up now for any Harrier operators out there - including the Indian Navy & BAe having to rob gate guardians & museum pieces for parts !
The 'Have Phoenix' ( or similar ) project where the Americans had a few MiG 17's, 21's, 23's, probably 25's etc is well known - I seem to remember one unfortunate bloke ejected out of a '23 at VERY high IAS at low level, but got away with it.
The 'Agressor' fleet seems a good idea, but I hope they use more advanced aircraft than F-5's now as a fairer match.
Last edited by Double Zero; 3rd April 2009 at 09:54.