Beagle
You either have a hell of a memory or a loft full of manuals! I should imagine a bit of both! Thanks for an insight into the idiosyncrasies of a wonderful piece of UK aviation history.
The thing that surprises me is how they didn't lose more of them.
I mean apart from the instructors, you were all a tad on the inexperienced side going through Valley. Speaks well for their systems reliability, not to mention the TLC that they obviously received from the maintenance guys. Or maybe my memory is failing me and the accident rate was higher.
Nevertheless, a great little ship, and looked especially wonderful flown by the Reds. Your comment about not having flown one for 30 years reminded me of the time I looked round WM167, the ex Meteor NF11 at BOH, and droolingly remarked on how much I'd like to have a another 'go' after 33 years. Engineer chap in charge drily replied "That's why they wouldn't let you anywhere near it!!"
All very good sense but it p****d me off for a minute or two.