Originally Posted by
tremblerman
As I recall, I was in the hangar at the time, an F 4 in the Q.R.A. shed launched a Sidewinder at a bus on the St. Andrews road.
Fell in to the Eden Estuary fortunately.
Correct it was an F4 not a Lightning. I was on VASS at the time. It was not launched at a bus or anything else it was an electrical fault that triggered the release, but as you say it luckily fell in the Eden estuary.