Back to the subject at hand after this - promise, but:
Originally Posted by
Linktrained
IIRC my " new Britannia Captain" had come to us from flying Caravelles.
Well, Caravelles were famous for their excellent gliding characteristics, Britannias - not so much.
( Later, at the gliding Centre to the east of Toulouse it was possible to do a low overshoot in a glider - the main strip was along a ridge, so one could turn over the side of the ridge and gained height or landed in a field at the bottom.)
I bet that was a case of serious brown trousers the first time and brilliant fun thereafter.
