Originally Posted by
LOMCEVAK
so you could then hold the aircraft level and low while you accelerated. Why did we (I!) do it? Because it was great fun and looked spectacular.
It certainly did. I remember seeing off a Bucc at Marham one Sunday morning following an airshow the previous day (1992 I think). It taxied out to the threshold of 06 where we could only see the top of the stab. It started its run,
towards us getting faster and closer. We were worried that there was a problem as it seemed firmly stuck to the deck but as it drew level we could see that the gear was up and it was sitting about 3 ft off the runway. Very impressive.