needles 1,013 Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Hi Guys, I think that any of you that have been handed a speeding ticket by the police might like this. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Priceless, thanks for sharing! Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 What a way to come back to the Hangar! Great story! Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted October 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Although I posted it, it was not my find unfortunately. It was posted to me on Facebook by a friend. But I bet the cops thought they had come across a real life bat car eh. They were lucky the pilot had his wits about him and overrode the computer systems. We would be reading a whole different story if not. Great story though. Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Brill, Bri' - great find! Here's a bit more: Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Good video, Dai, which after much suspense and conjecture eventually reaches the right conclusion - it's not going to happen. I do believe the exchange of letters in Brian's account could have actually happened, but the one coming back from the military would have been written with tongue firmly in cheek. I've seen a simiar account set in the US Southwest - Arizona or California, and the aircraft was reported as an F-16 in that one. Like one with the naval vessel demanding that the lighthouse get out of its way, it's improbable to the point of impossibility. Nobody flies around in domestic airspace with live weapons set for automatic relaease (and F-22s don't fly from aircraft carriers). When a Radar Warning Receiver in a military AC detects a radar signal, it's compared to a database of known friendly and hostile systems, both air search and fire control types) and the type of potential threat is known almost immediately. If it's a known enemy system in an area where such a thing is plausible, then things begin to get considerably more interesting. John Link to post Share on other sites
Wyatt 0 Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 In the video they showed a raptor: a stealth aircraft! Link to post Share on other sites
MarkJones 0 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 I was just thinking that myself. Rock on when we get 80mph limits! Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted October 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Since you guys spotted the Raptor, I'm thinking it may once again be a hoax. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 I think I spotted a Raptor, F-16's, aircraft carriers and an F-15 somewhere in there.... Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 I'm sure they just used stock footage of anything that came easily to hand or "looked cool" to illustrate that kind of thing, without a second thought for accuracy or without even knowing any better. Any editor or producer who truly believes that military jets fly around in domestic airspace with live weapons set for automatic release is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. John Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted October 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 If that's a reference to me John............you're spot on. :blink: Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Whoa, Brian - not intended to refer to you at all. I was talking about the editors and producers who put pieces like that together in the first place. No disrespect meant toward you. I assume you posted it because it IS a funny story. John Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 :biggrin: Don't worry John, it's just Brian's self-abasing style, I think he calls it humo(u)r Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 I kind of figured that, but wanted to be clear I wasn't skewering him in any way. He's one of the good guys and I'll bet he's never worked in the main-stream media. John Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 I missed it first time through, but the original piece erroneously refers to the Sidewinder as an air to ground missile. It's actually a short range IR air-air missile. Another inidcation that the editor has his head where the sun doesn't shine... That reference is supposedly a quote from the alleged letter from the RAF Liason office. I'm guessing that the RAF knows the Sidewinder isn't air to ground and would not have ever said that. I suspect this whole thing was made up. John Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 But, it has to be said, if ever an incident like that happened, the RAF response would probably be accurate! Link to post Share on other sites
simi_av8r 0 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 But, it has to be said, if ever an incident like that happened, the RAF response would probably be accurate! ...yup, i can vouch fo that - it's pretty much word-for-word what i'd say as a member of the RAF if i were the Wing Cdr replying to the email/letter from the police chief!...either that or "Thanks for the letter, i should have let him release the missile...now go away and arrest some REAL crooks!!" Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted October 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 :biggrin: Don't worry John, it's just Brian's self-abasing style, I think he calls it humo(u)r Oi Boss, I'll be the judge as to whether I was being humerous or not..................................as it happens I was but not very good at it yet No worries John, Boss is correct..........again! Link to post Share on other sites
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