Tinwacker wrote:
Working for the Queens Airline in the 80's, I was involved with modifications of a Tristar for Her Middle East Jordan Tour. Due to political unrest in the area, some RAF technicians appeared to mount Chaffe/Flare components behind the engine pylons.
I was taking tea in the Officers' Mess at Brize in 1983/4 with a chap from 21/6 . We heard the sound of a TriStar doing some ground test; he told me that some boffins were measuring the engines' IR spectrum for HM's Jordan jaunt.
Then we heard the sound of the engine RPM increasing quite rapidly, followed by a thunderous window-rattling bang as the boffins surged the engine. "That sounded expensive", I said - and we went back to our tea and toast.