When this was done in 1983 there was no procedure for towing another aircraft with the boom. They wrote the procedure from this.

1983 Mackay Trophy Presentation www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmgBzNmMSyU

They had a head wind going back to Gander.

I can assure everyone that this did happen. Check out the McKay trophy at the Air and Space Museum, this crews names are on it for 1983. They also received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Calbera award. The F4 was struggling to make it back to Gander on one engine because there was a significant head wind. The…