the boy John
5th Nov 2003, 23:21
Today Marseilles control was heard callng in vain for 20 mins for a roughly northbound ASCOT (RAF) callsign on their working freq and ( & I'm pretty sure on guard too).
Silly billy finally pops up protesting his innocence as he'd been "on the correct frequency all the time" (well of course!)...plus a whole list of other ones he'd tried. "Non M'sieu, we 'ave to send a Mirage to intercept you for visual identification" - "but - but - but..." Oh dear, the Mirage could not be denied it's pleasure by such lame excuses.
I bet the Mirage drivers will dine out on this one for years!
Point is, why on earth wasn't silly billy listening to 121.5? I'd never have expected this from the RAF.
Silly billy finally pops up protesting his innocence as he'd been "on the correct frequency all the time" (well of course!)...plus a whole list of other ones he'd tried. "Non M'sieu, we 'ave to send a Mirage to intercept you for visual identification" - "but - but - but..." Oh dear, the Mirage could not be denied it's pleasure by such lame excuses.
I bet the Mirage drivers will dine out on this one for years!
Point is, why on earth wasn't silly billy listening to 121.5? I'd never have expected this from the RAF.