Originally Posted by
chevvron
...I watched an F2 try to emulate an F15 departure; he levelled off at about 2,000ft.
Must've been an F.3 you watched, the F.2's were all gone from 229 OCU during 1987. I had a base visit in June of 1987 with my local ATC Sqn, 228 OCU had recently relocated to Leuchars (bugger, said I...), and we had a tour of the OCU hangar and it was full of newly delivered F.3's having post delivery inspections, along with those already on the OCU. We also had a tour of the 29 Sqn HAS site and they were all F.3's as well, although to be fair, 29 never operated the F.2 anyway, I don't recall seeing an F.2 on base at all...
-RP