The best remark about the Scimitar that I remember was made in 1963 by a USN Lt Cdr Jerry Skyrud. The aircraft had joined the ETPS fleet at Farnborough in Feb but was not serviceable. When we went into work one morning in Oct it was on the line. Skyrud was told to fly it at once and I was told to follow him as soon as possible. We had a course brief on it back in Feb but that was a very long time ago. I walked out to do my trip passing Jerry as he walked back from his. “Do you know the climbing speed?” he asked “No” I replied “Take my advice and hang on to the first one you get” he said. That about summed up an aeroplane that had two Hunter engines but was certainly not twice the size/weight of the Hunter.