Scorpion, thanks for the clarification on hatch detonation Thinking about that has posed a theoretical question some of you here may be able to answer. Seeing as the hatch needed slipstream to help pull it up and away, what do you think the result of hatch detonation would have been in a flat spin for instance? Would it have cleared the aircraft? On a related note, did any of you ever get into a controlled (or uncontrolled) spin on the Canberra, and if so, what were the effects of centrifugal force on you that you remember?
JP, yes indeed, I would love to talk shop with someone from the 'end of the era'! This would be excellent for the book, to have crew on from the early 50s right through to '06. Will send PM now.