Dominator2, notwithstanding the typically friendly 228 OCU staff manner of your post
, my point was that, although I was well aware of the use of the F-4 autopilot, it was that one particular piece of junk which The Crows hadn't managed to fix which was lim'd for that ridiculous snag.
Roly, actually some Vulcans did have wing pods. Not for AAR though - they were the same 'special' ones we inherited for 3 of our K3s in the 2R role....
Which is doubtless yet another capability the RAF no longer has............