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Old 13th Dec 2007, 23:23
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That's not too much of a surprise either, on several levels - at the range at West Freugh a rather attractive secretary (indeed a rarity in that area ) had a lot of zaps on her window, which visiting A-10 pilots naturally used as an aiming point - not on approach there, but over the 'field, I quite often saw them less than a wingspan up, inverted...

It's possible Harrier 2 pilots did similar but more skilled & sensible things - I couldn't comment - though I did see a Tornado F3 head flat out very very low for the hangars, to the extent knowledgable people were running, to pull up sharply & carry straight on skidding on the same trajectory, jetpipes around 6' above the grass they were blowing away - the thing eventually scraped over the hangars, I imagine those on the ground were not the only ones to find ' adrenaline is brown' - felt very sorry for the backseater !

As for my previous comments, yes might sound a bit weird but try spending a night at Brooklands or Dunsfold !
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