Indeed, lj101, it was good to back up at a reasonable altitude when tanking the Sea Harrier. But as for trails with the GR3, the 'Sondrestrom out' single hose plan was....interesting!
Despite being an old bird....
Not really all
that old - and often a more mature bird is more fun anyway....
As many VC10 air engineers will be able to confirm - in all senses of the word!
I first encountered the Sea Harrier in March 1981 after finishing my TWU course at Chivenor. 800 NAS wanted some opposition during a work-up phase, so I went along on a couple of DACT trips with the acknowledged doggers aces of the base - they found it a very slippery little beast to fight against.