The aircraft in which I flew was an early FAW.2 (pre-mod. 1572), so had the metal, non-frangible hatch and just a small window (about 1 ft square) in the starboard cockpit wall. Apart from that, I could see the pilots legs moving on the rudder pedals and the odd shaft of sunlight as it lit up his cockpit, but that was all.
The only in-flight duty I was required to carry out was to operate the armament safety switch so that the stores jettison relays would not be inhibited. The pilot told me that he's tell me when to select it, as the undercarriage wouldn't retract unless the switch was away from the SAFE position. In the event, he forgot to tell me, but the undercarriage retracted anyway. Perhaps he was thinking of the Hunter, whose undercarriage wouldn't retract if the MASB hadn't been connected (as a chum found out when returning to Valley from Brawdy......)
Last edited by BEagle; 9th Jan 2016 at 08:09.