Death Cruiser Flight Crew
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Vaucluse, France.
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Passed through Bracknell the other week. I see they've taken a wrecking ball to the old Met Office HQ. What a shambles.
I happened to be in the tower at Wycombe Air Park, booking out, when that PanAm 747 got into trouble. The controller, who was an LHR tower controller on a 'day off' looked to the south (WAP elevation 520 ft) and said 'BLIMEY!' grabbing the binoculars. He could plainly see the fuel coming out. We all watched as it crawled off to the west, plainly not gaining height. With commendable presence of mind, he didn't ring his mates in Heathrow Tower figuring (a) they knew all about it and (b) they wouldn't want sundry idiots interrupting them at that precise time!
Last edited by Georgeablelovehowindia; 23rd Dec 2005 at 09:04.