I heard a tale of a chap working at an airfield in Oxfordshire, the one with the worlds largest radar o/h, feeding a shed load of F111s into Heyford. Plan was to peel them off the stack, point them at Heyford and get-rid-quick to the UH Director so as he could do his bit. Anyway, tale goes that after 3 or 4 ac had been free-called across the No 2 came back out, shortly followed by 3 and 4 (Not what was expected). The controller asked No.2 what was occurring only to be told that the runway at UH was blocked (I think the No1 had had a Cessna strike or something). 'Oh Łu(k' thinks the controller, who now has little chance of getting a ciggie break, so decides to ring UH Director to find out how long he'll have to wait.
Controller:
"How long do you expect to be black"
UH Director:
"Res Ma Life Man" brrrrrrrrrrrr
[This message has been edited by SATCOS WHIPPING BOY (edited 31 August 2000).]
[This message has been edited by SATCOS WHIPPING BOY (edited 31 August 2000).]