WRT the 21k ISO off Mt Kent -YES!!!! Gust of wind gave us enough power to move it forward off its mounting, and - as they say - it was all down hill (and thank god it was a very steep downhill) from there to get sufficient speed. The arrival at Stanley was something else, but the HC1 could take a lot of extra power, albeit with an engineering inspection afterwards!
On USL stories there was the JP at Odiham that was provided for a demo at a families day mid 70's (?). The first trial flight around the airfield was quite interesting, so JATE came along and put lots of lift killing devices on it so it would stay more or less stable on the end of the strop , and a second trial was quite sucessful. Unfortunately a senior officer on his final walk through the display didn't like all the paraphernalia on the JP, and ordered a couple of airman to remove them. The first the crew (I think a Wessex) knew all was going wrong was as they started to turn towards the crowd line when the JP appeared alongside them!
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