Excuse me Mr Tankertrashnav Sir, but shouldn't that be sapphires rather than Avons?
Blimey, I spend 6 years of my life being kept aloft by the reliable Sapphire and I go and rename it! Put it down to early(ish) onset senile dementia and posting late at night when I should really have had my cocoa and been in bed!
Cheers for the correction anyway, and do read the story, I was up at Leuchars at the time (but not in Tony's crew), it was quite amazing how much birdflesh went through those engines with apparently no affect whatsover.