PICKS135 (#36), the SHAR was being driven by Lt A**y McH**g, who was one of the first two ab-initio SHAR mates. He came to a sudden stop because the efflux in his low hover picked up the barrier on the displaced RW09 threshold.
What was REALLY funny was that the jet needed a replacement wing (apparently not a big job for the Harrier, in both senses of the word). The RN sent the only spare wing that they had at the time to LEU by road on the back of a Truck, Nautical, Quite Tall. Sadly, the driver decided to route under a Bridge, Rail, Quite Low, with entirely predictable results! ISTR that the ac was at LEU for some weeks.
