It was sent to me and I tried to find the source. These do circulate a bit.Originally Posted by marty
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It was sent to me and I tried to find the source. These do circulate a bit.
Here for the ride.
The 2nd-most bad arse KBer.
it was in a police mag posted on kb a while back.
Then I could get a Kb Tshirt, move to Timaru and become a full time crossdressing faggot
i copied North Berwick into google. snopes was at the top of the page
Night rider
I first heard this story about the time of the Falkland war (1982) and it involved a Harrier jet rather than a Tornado, and a shrike missile. It was obviously false even in those days before the internet, as an ARM would not be armed, even for training, over home terroritory. A Sidewider or similar (even a pheonix) would not be able to lock onto radar.
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Homo Sapiens Vulgaris
Yeah that's true as well - not only is the Sidewinder an Air-to-Air missile - it also uses an IR homing system...
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Repost ...
Where's sniper when you need him
BMW Motorrad
for real??
If you can make it on Kiwibiker you can make it anywhere.
Easily wound up!!
This may well be an urban legend (or the bit about the missile lock could be an embellishment) and the '50 would not bother complaining to the RAF anyway but.... while driving around Scotland in the early 80's in an "older" car I was accelerating hard up a long straight hill..... Suddenly there was a deafening roar, I thought the engine was about to drop out the car! The very next second two Tornado jets passed me heading in the same direction at VERY low level and quickly disappeared over the hill I was climbing. They were sub-sonic but only just!
The RAF do have low level training areas in the more remote and hilly areas of the country. I've often wondered whether I was used for a little target practice that day.
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wheelchair rookie
Two Hunter traffic patrol officers from Newcastle were involved in an unusual incident while checking for speeding motorists on the F3 Freeway. One of the officers used a hand-held radar device to check the speed of a vehicle approaching over the crest of a hill, and was surprised when the speed was recorded at over 800kph. Their radar suddenly stopped working and the officers were not able to reset it.
Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in fact latched on to a RAAF Williamtown FA-18 fighter jet which was engaged in a low-flying exercise over Wyong, approaching from the ocean.
Back at police headquarters the Local Area Commander fired off a stiff complaint to the RAAF Liaison officer at Williamtown.
Back came the reply in true laconic RAAF style:
'Thank you for your message, which allows us to complete the file on this incident. You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Hornet had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked onto, your hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it. Furthermore, an air-to-ground missile aboard the fully-armed aircraft had also automatically locked onto your equipment.
Fortunately the pilot flying the Hornet recognised the situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile systems alert status, and was able to override the automated defence system before the missile was launched and your hostile radar installation was destroyed.
Thank you for your enquiry.
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pfft that's not low......
I'll see your 3 and raise you....
An RNZAF Sqwak...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kByY0KnM9xk
Larger and lower perhaps?
Fling Wing Perhaps?
L'arte italiana cammina su due rotelle!
Unexpected Spanish inquisition
While we're on the subject of low passes..
And my favourite:
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that, who cares? ...He's a mile away and you've got his shoes
Resident Redneck
Yeah, them spitfires are real nice, but I will always prefer the sound of a P-51 over a Spitfire anyday....
there is something about old planes over jets..
sem fiddy pilot
Yep, the Packard Merlin sounds nicer when it's got a dirty big Hamilton Standard bolted to the front of it!
Member, sem fiddy appreciation society
Unexpected Spanish inquisition
I like them all jets & props, the P51's sure sound good but one of my favourite propeller driven planes would be the Hawker Sea Fury
The Mosquito and Lancaster are other personal favourites.
Here's a vid with something for everyone, fly past at Derwent Valley (UK) 50th anniversary of the dambusters raids
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that, who cares? ...He's a mile away and you've got his shoes
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