Originally Posted by Wycombe
Seem to remember big kerfuffle a few years back at RIAT Cottesmore, when a large/expensive model of a ship went missing. Many hours after the alleged disappearance, plods decided it would be a good idea to start checking vehicles leaving the base
More details on this one (I may or may not have been involved in this one): The Fleet Air Finger were stupid enough to leave it unattended in front of a load of SH mates. Funny old thing, it went missing.
Next morning, the feds came and asked if we had seen it (in a very direct manner!). Seeing as we were good blokes, and the model cost ivo £25,000 (thats what I thought when I found out!), we humbly did.
We were all rather miffed that we didn't get a slab to say "fair one lads". We all thought it was a little careless to leave such an item unattended in broad daylight!
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