I was in the Tower at Akrotiri when this happend.
The mighty F3 with the prima donna display crew landed at Akrotiri after a practice display. As part of the ego trip an extremely short landing run was practiced and the pilot wanted to vacate to the parallel taxi-way at the first exit. As the nose wheel kissed the tarmac the pilot pressed the button and said "Tower, Tornado 1, request next left."
The PTT stayed down and that ever pleasant sound of oxygen being sucked over a microphone filled the top tower.
After a short pause "Tower, Tornado 1 request next left?" By this stage he was just passing the first exit. A big sigh followed with the pilot saying "Oh Łuck you then" at which point the PTT cleared and the tower could transmit.
The Tower controller leant forward, flicked his PTT switch - "Łuck you too, cleared next left."
SWB- London Mil would never hand over at 12 miles and 18000 ft. You're living in a dream world boyo!
[This message has been edited by Watch Man (edited 07 September 2000).]