Originally Posted by
Wensleydale
Mind you, JE also provided one of the shortest Shackleton trips when the tail surface controls had been accidentally reversed during service: A straight in approach from Lossie to Kinloss (or was it vice versa) with everything working backwards (down is up and up is down). One for the "other thread" perhaps although I only know of this one through hearsay.
No it were true. JE had of course been on Nimrods before regressing to Shacks. Now one thing did puzzle me, how did no one notice the elevators were misconnected during pre-flights?