"Max power V2 Climb Dave"
We were flying a bunch of F3 jockeys back from the Gulf to Leuchars (?), Scotland anyway, at the end of Op Granby. I had just obtained my ATPL and spent most of the flight down the back running a seminar on said subject.
After we had landed a bunch of their jets recovered to base with considerable panache - as they would.
On departure I decided to show them what a 'big fast jet' can do. The cloud (stratus) base was around 1,000 ft. Empty aircraft, crew briefed to hang on. Feet on brakes, full power and let it go. V2 climb and shot into the cloud probably leaving a few people temporally deaf
