Hi out of interest my father was the CO of 759 Hunter squadron 1963 to 1966 and the Naval Flying Grading Examiner at Roborough on the Chipmunks 1966 to 1970, I think in between those two, students went to the RAF on JP's ?, from the Hunter training Squadrons at Brawdy they went straight to their front line squadrons, at the time Sea Vixen, Buccaneers, Gannets. As already stated the hook was only ever used on the runway after fairly frequent brake failures, which caused no damage to the aircraft, father remembers the RAF using the Hunters at for the same training but they relied on the barrier which caused more damage. As an aside he wrote the training manuals for the Hunter which the RAF also used, he still has a copy in his study.
Gordon