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On different "Gib" related topic, I was interested to read that Meteorological Sqn Halifaxes operated from Gib into the 50s - and we did not preserve one! I had thought them all chopped up at the end of the war
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
Wonder if this will be picked up by UK media. The computer seizure is interesting and suggests something other than the not unusual D&D.
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On different "Gib" related topic, I was interested to read that Meteorological Sqn Halifaxes operated from Gib into the 50s - and we did not preserve one! I had thought them all chopped up at the end of the war
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I was interested to read that Meteorological Sqn Halifaxes operated from Gib into the 50s
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Interesting that the MOD were less than entirely cooperative with the RGP.
As for the none cooperation, it's probably because they realised they would have to pay rates or whatever they are now for his extended stay.
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Found it,
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...46496531,d.ZGg
(dated 8 Mar 1983) But I wouldn't have thought it had changed, so surely the Gibbo plods had no jurisdiction. By the fact they possibly removed him under duress, IE they prevented the aircraft departing, and possibly hence broke the law in doing so, would that not effect any case they may have against him?
2.2.2 International Status. Military aircraft are "state aircraft" within the
meaning of the Convention on International Civil Aviation of 1944 (the
"Chicago Convention"), and, like warships, enjoy sovereign immunity from
foreign search and inspection. Subject to the right of transit passage, archipelagic
sea lanes passage, and entry in distress (see paragraph 2.5.1), state aircraft may not
enter national airspace (see paragraph 1.8i or land in the sovereign territory of
another nation without its authorization. 5 Foreign officials may not board the aircraft without the consent of the aircraft commander. Should the aircraft
commander fail to certify compliance with local customs, immigration or
quarantine requirements, the aircraft may be directed to leave the territory and
national airspace of that nation immediately.16
meaning of the Convention on International Civil Aviation of 1944 (the
"Chicago Convention"), and, like warships, enjoy sovereign immunity from
foreign search and inspection. Subject to the right of transit passage, archipelagic
sea lanes passage, and entry in distress (see paragraph 2.5.1), state aircraft may not
enter national airspace (see paragraph 1.8i or land in the sovereign territory of
another nation without its authorization. 5 Foreign officials may not board the aircraft without the consent of the aircraft commander. Should the aircraft
commander fail to certify compliance with local customs, immigration or
quarantine requirements, the aircraft may be directed to leave the territory and
national airspace of that nation immediately.16
(dated 8 Mar 1983) But I wouldn't have thought it had changed, so surely the Gibbo plods had no jurisdiction. By the fact they possibly removed him under duress, IE they prevented the aircraft departing, and possibly hence broke the law in doing so, would that not effect any case they may have against him?
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yes, but doesn't Gibraltar as a territory produce and oversee its own laws?
Possibly, but we would need a legal expert (which I am certainly not) to advise what features would be required for the aeroplane to "qualify" as a non-Gibratar jurisdiction for arrest purposes.
To be honest it just sounds like a willy-waviung contest between civil and military authorities. If so the owners of the waving willies (on both sides) should be sent to bed with no supper and the matter should be quietly laid to rest IMHO.
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To be honest it just sounds like a willy-waviung contest between civil and military authorities. If so the owners of the waving willies (on both sides) should be sent to bed with no supper and the matter should be quietly laid to rest IMHO.
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Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
If you are on board a military aircraft are you not in effect then on sovereign territory
The point was tested. Few years back when an Israeli general was onboard an aircraft at Heathrow and the plods were waiting to arrest him when he disembarked. The crew got word and he remained on board, the plods stayed outside and he went home on the return flight.
The judge who issued the warrant subsequently then ripped several new arseholes in the plods for their failure to board and arrest.
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