Coming back from Germany yesterday and while crossing the Channel at Lydd (about 16.30hrs), it was sad to hear Red Leader getting quite upset over the RT while talking to Farnborough South . . . . he was demanding the registration of a light aircraft that had popped up into their flight path while on the run-in to display at Eastbourne. He was not a happy bunny so it must have been quite a hairy situation. I don't know if the display was aborted or not.
After 15 minutes trying to trace the offending aircraft Farnborough eventually came back to the Reds to advise the culprit seemed to have landed in the nearest available field (presumably to do a runner!). I don't know if they were able to obtain the callsign or to run the radar trace back to the place of departure.
Anyway . . .. . he's probably still hiding in the woods somewhere
