Unfortunately did not occur due to a technical problem, and Brian immediately curtailed the take-off run and taxied straight back to the dispersal.

Following Brian’s surprisingly easy exit (He’s well over 6ft!) from the aeroplane, it was towed back to the DHA hangar where its engineers immediately began work on her.

Mark

Front strut was a little icky… well you would be if you were still on your first one since 1963… so it was changed over for a nice new shiny one.