Went on to You Tube to watch the Art Nalls display at Langley. Nice to see the SHAR flying again but confess the whole rigmarole made me a little nervous! I'm sure our lot were more professional than that!
To see how it ought to be done, search for 'Sea Harrier RIAT 2002' - Schwabby and Nipper in their award-winning display that summer. I was there, but had seen them practising through the early summer at Yeovilton. It was truly an awesome sight (especially the hovering, those of you whom have tried it will understand) - the best bit being when people suddenly realised there was one SHAR at one end of the runway.......and another at the other.....facing each other. Crowd at Fairford were proper gob-smacked when they rolled.
Needless to say one of the pilots got a little carried away with the trophy on Sunday night...............who'd give them a sword. And not weld it to something substantial!!!!!!
The shiny grey fanny magnet - sorely missed.