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Old 23rd Apr 2008, 23:15
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NigelOnDraft
 
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Missed one by 3'-4' over disused AF (Metheringham?) just N of Cranwell / Coningsby gap some years back.... 250'. I ducked, and the HUD video caught it

Within 2 mins the formation #2 (GR7) had ejected and crashed in the gap. He had not been within 1NM of Metheringham, and the "problem" that led to ejection had probably occurred a little earlier, so modellers @ said AF were likely inncocent

However, given the modeller(s) seeing their model get v close to (and probably not surviving) a GR7, and then seeing on the news a GR7 (£30M?) crashing <10NM away at the same time, they put 2 & 2 together, and unsurprisingly, the BoI never got any modeller to admit flying that day

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