Aahhh Coff,
What I must have missed whilst the likes of Beagle loitered waiting for a mission on tanker force. BTW, is that how he insisted his loadie dressed ? And thanks for showing me why I'm stuck at Gerry Anderson and not Paul Raymond. Once again I find myself indebted to my "seniors" and "betters" for enlightening my knowledge, and, providing further research material.
Smudge
A little aside,
An Albert Captain and myself once shared a quiet moment, down the back, having a ciggy, after landing at HKG. We got to discussing the loss of the rudder system in flight. Captain says, no probs for me, "I would just use differential engines to control the yaw and land the bugger". How would you fix it ? He asked. "Well, as we are sitting in HKG I would suggest you get used to your hotel room", a rudder booster pack change would require the bits and a couple of lads from Lyneham. 3-4 days minimum. How easy it would have been had Skylon from BZN been available for spares and blokes in around 5 hours. And what a treat for the lads from the line.