Agaricus Bisporus:
"more by luck than judgement"
So, you would have done much better obviously?
They only had about 800 metres left to land on at Brooklands (discounting obstacles) so Perf A had long gone out the window.
The pair of them practiced at EMA until they figured that they could do it. It was always going to be a "one way" landing and the aircraft was never ever going to fly again. It was always going to be a finely judged exercise and, unlike you, who was always going to get it perfect, they hit the undershoot but stopped very safely in the distance available.
It was a great pleasure in my life to have served in the Royal Air Force with Pete Moore and his lovely wife Sallie.
Sadly, we had to say farewell to Pete on 14 January 2011 in St Matthew's Church, Worthington.
At least the museum ended up with an intact Vanguard and Pete enjoyed his last Vanguard flight hugely.