I've just watched the final episode of "The Seeds of Death", a Doctor Who
story from 1976.
In the final scenes, the Doctor and Sarah Jane escape from a mansion that
has been engulfed by a huge alien plant. The plant is then destroyed by an
airstrike by RAF jets. I was thrilled to see a formation of RAF Phantoms
bank in to start their run. In 1976 I would have expected them to have
lo-vis roundels, but they all had the hi-vis ones. The only reason I can
think of is that they were wearing hi-vis markings because they were part of
a test programme testing a new ECM pod that could change the shape of the
aircraft. This was borne out because by the time the aircraft came to fire
their SNEB rockets, they all looked like Harriers!
That ECM pod must be very common because I often see the results. Apparently
Charlton Heston's SBD was carrying one at the battle of Midway which made it
look like an F9F.
- posted 14 years ago