B Fraser wasn't the Chippy owned by a journalist who had brassed somebody off (memory very fuzzy on this)? Said somebody sneaked into Denham where the Chippy was based, fired her up and hedge hopped over to Heathrow and landed on the grass by the fence. ATC arrived on shift to find a light aircraft parked on their airport.
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I believe it was parked on the grass, neatly tied down. The pilot hopped the fence and got a taxi home.
This followed a party the night before and a break up with a girlfriend.
He had taken off from Denham, couldn't find the place again in the dark, flew down the A4 and landed in the very early morning.
The police had no idea until they went to interview one of the regular pilots...
Rumour has it that the met man went out to take a visual on the weather at dawn, saw the Chipmunk, and reported it to the tower.
ATC put their binoculars on it, and called the airport police to go over and check it out.
After an exhaustive search the police were unable to locate a Chipmunk and so they called the RSPCA.
This story apparently provided some humour during the court case.
Subject pilot paid a fine, and lost his licence 'until he showed a more responsible attitude' which he did. Got married bought a house, got his licence back, and got divorced.
There were many shenanigans in those days...][/QUOTE]