Blacksheep
I was at Wittering in 58/9 on a single aircraft, a Valiant that was doing trials on RATOG(Super Sprites fitted inboard either side of the fuselage.) We did many a take off with these things that were then dropped by parachute over the airfield. Sometimes they would not fire and the Valiant would land with it still attached, we would drop it off the aircraft, and then take it down to the test cell where we either drained it, or tried to light it off to get rid of the fuel. It was never successful, the parachute landings did more damage than anything else, and was even more amusing when the parachute failed to open on a particular cross windy day, and the darn thing fell into the hallowed grounds of the Burley Estate. With all the mishaps we had with HTP, its no wonder they never flew Vulcans with loaded Blue Steel weapons.
Last edited by lakerman; 10th Aug 2012 at 12:41.