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Old 21st Oct 2009, 09:08
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BEagle
 
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I was kindly sent the DVD set recently and made a suitable donation to charity as a result.

Very good DVDs indeed; congratulations to the Buccaneer Aircrew Association for this work.

Re. the BDT, it was stated in one of the documentaries that the jet could still be pitched to rub the tailskid on landing, even with the BDT fitted. The reason the BDT wasn't fitted to the RN's Buccs was stated as being because the tank wasn't baffled, so wouldn't take the accleration involved with a catapult launch without rupturing.

How I wish that I'd been a lot better and that 237 had had a bit more patience when I was struggling to learn to fly the beast. Interesting to hear my old RAF scholarship and ULAS mucker Nige Huck describing how demanding the jet was to fly below 300 KIAS - I'm sure anyone who'd ever flown it would concur.

"Fifteen-Ten-Ten...moving together, stop together......."

And Jinda', didn't you look young!
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