TOP THIS FOR A SPEEDING TICKET !!

[Quillan]

I have to say this made me laugh what with being ex RAF and all.

"Two traffic patrol officers from North Berwick were involved in an unusual incident while checking for speeding motorists on the A-1 Great North Road. 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 300 mph. 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 NATO Tornado fighter jet which was engaged in a low-flying exercise over the Border district, approaching from the North Sea. Back at police headquarters the chief constable fired off a stiff complaint to the RAF Liaison office. Back came the reply in true laconic RAF 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 Tornado 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 Tornado recognized the situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile systems alert status, and was able to override the automated defense system before the missile was launched and your hostile radar installation was destroyed. Good Day'..."

Begs the question, why oh why did the pilot stop the missile from being fired [:D] ?

[Bugsy]

Sorry mate

http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1093635/ShowPost.aspx

They'll be out shortly to tell you its not true of course.[:)]

But its still a good tale.................[:)]

[Cat]

It's an old chestnut Q, but not actually true... http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1093750/ShowPost.aspx

[Bugsy]

See, I told you.......................................[:D][:D]

 

sorry Cat, only joking........[kiss]

[Cat]

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They'll be out shortly to tell you its not true of course.[:)]

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Damn, hoist by my own petard [:$]

[Bugsy]

Here's one where they got there own back.....................[:)]

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[Quillan]

Damn, damn and damn again, see always the last to know these things.

So come on then, how do we know it's no true [:P] .

I wish I had a missile when I lived in Docklands. We used to get this police helicopter, probably bugears one, hovering around at 3 o'clock in the morning with the biggest spotlight you have ever seen. I could have quite happily of shot the blinking thing down, touch of "Black Hawk down in Beckton". Now Beckton makes the film look pretty tame when you talk about hostile territory [;-)] . It's where they filmed 'Full Metal Jacket' so it gives you an idea.

[Jinty]

	The Invisible Woman