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Old 1st Jul 2008, 13:07
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Moldioldi
 
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LL Chipmunk

Best LL tale I had experience of was in the 80s. When dawn broke and a DH Chipmunk was discovered neatly parked on the grass next to 10L. Seems a chap borrowed his mates from Booker and decide to test LL security. he managed to land and walk away without aprehention and only got caught because the unfortunate owner, who was going to cop the lot, sused who it was and grassed him to the fuzz. When I spoke to the tower controller on duty that night he claimed imunity on the fact that the Chippy had no transponder - came in low under LL primary and with no lights on therefore could not be seen!! These were in the days before terrorists were invented!!
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