I attended an airshow at Woodford many years ago.
I eagerly awaited a promised fast and low start to a display by an F-111. It was going to be one of the better displays, I reckoned.
"He's just radioed in, ladies and gentlemen, so if you look to your left you may catch a glimpse of him coming towards you " was the jist of the commentary.
Then.........zilch ! No F-111. Commentary mysteriously ceased, too.
I made enquiries and later discovered that the pilot had mistaken Manchester International for Woodford-Ever-So-Local and had buzzed the place at just below Mach 1.
OOOOPS !
