The owner was above taking more than a token salary.

Data fields coded into structured programming languages in the 1960s and 1970s were restricted to DDMMYY.

The Englishmen[…]display their ranks and[…]press hard upon their enemies.

A standard Flight Refuelling Ltd Mk 8 probe nozzle was attached to the probe structural tube and fuel pipe. The pipe was double-walled, and passed through into the fuselage aft of the flight deck; […] A non-return valve was fitted within the fuel pipe aft of the probe nozzle, thus preventing any leakage of fuel if the aircraft lost the probe nozzle inadvertently.