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Old 1st Sep 2013, 17:17
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Tankertrashnav
 
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I was at Seletar when the Javelins were at Tengah. Seletar's runway divided the station into East Camp and West Camp, with a road crossing controlled by lights.

One night with the runway closed and unlit an airman was sauntering across the runway back to his billet when all of a sudden a Javelin appeared out of the darkness, screamed over his head and landed shortly down the runway, eventually coming safely to a halt shortly before the far threshold.

Can't remember the reason for this, but as Tengah was only a few miles to the west there must have been a pressing reason to get on the ground. Certainly stirred the airman up a bit
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