Jets in low flying shock horror!
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Jets in low flying shock horror!
Beeb reporting that several people were upset by low flying F15s.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland...-west-60082431
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland...-west-60082431
Tabs please !
I would like to complain that I have not seen any F-15s over my property for some time. The C-130s and Merlins are very welcome but I do like a bit of variety.
"Jet Noise the Sound of Freedom" brings back memories from the mid 80s.
I bought a couple of stickers with that information boldly displayed, however, I was posted to Brampton and was visited one day by OC Police Flt. As per normal for those times, he didn't politely suggest I removed the sticker for security reasons but went straight for the throat with "Remove that sticker before you go home Sir, or we'll ban your car as of tomorrow".
When my wife retired and we gave up our MQ at Cottesmore, I took a house at Brampton - guess who my next door neighbour was?! He was quite nice socially and owned a German Shepherd Dog so he couldn't have been all that awful!
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I bought a couple of stickers with that information boldly displayed, however, I was posted to Brampton and was visited one day by OC Police Flt. As per normal for those times, he didn't politely suggest I removed the sticker for security reasons but went straight for the throat with "Remove that sticker before you go home Sir, or we'll ban your car as of tomorrow".
When my wife retired and we gave up our MQ at Cottesmore, I took a house at Brampton - guess who my next door neighbour was?! He was quite nice socially and owned a German Shepherd Dog so he couldn't have been all that awful!
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"Jet Noise the Sound of Freedom" brings back memories from the mid 80s.
I bought a couple of stickers with that information boldly displayed, however, I was posted to Brampton and was visited one day by OC Police Flt. As per normal for those times, he didn't politely suggest I removed the sticker for security reasons but went straight for the throat with "Remove that sticker before you go home Sir, or we'll ban your car as of tomorrow".
When my wife retired and we gave up our MQ at Cottesmore, I took a house at Brampton - guess who my next door neighbour was?! He was quite nice socially and owned a German Shepherd Dog so he couldn't have been all that awful!
Old Duffer
I bought a couple of stickers with that information boldly displayed, however, I was posted to Brampton and was visited one day by OC Police Flt. As per normal for those times, he didn't politely suggest I removed the sticker for security reasons but went straight for the throat with "Remove that sticker before you go home Sir, or we'll ban your car as of tomorrow".
When my wife retired and we gave up our MQ at Cottesmore, I took a house at Brampton - guess who my next door neighbour was?! He was quite nice socially and owned a German Shepherd Dog so he couldn't have been all that awful!
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I guess Jock McPublic is lucky he didn’t live in East Anglia in the 70s, when the sky was full of fast-jet metal.
Tempus fugit … I guess the drama of a ‘low’ FJ has faded from common memory. Thank the Lord there are still some FJs left to frighten the children, the chickens and the emotionally insecure.
Tempus fugit … I guess the drama of a ‘low’ FJ has faded from common memory. Thank the Lord there are still some FJs left to frighten the children, the chickens and the emotionally insecure.
I guess Jock McPublic is lucky he didn’t live in East Anglia in the 70s, when the sky was full of fast-jet metal.
Tempus fugit … I guess the drama of a ‘low’ FJ has faded from common memory. Thank the Lord there are still some FJs left to frighten the children, the chickens and the emotionally insecure.
Tempus fugit … I guess the drama of a ‘low’ FJ has faded from common memory. Thank the Lord there are still some FJs left to frighten the children, the chickens and the emotionally insecure.
Youth of today..paah….
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Anybody remember those and the smaller LFAs that went with them?
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Startled the poo out of my mate in Stirling.
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I think they were LL all over SE Scotland that night, they were making a bit of noise over the Borders. Wish they had done it in daylight, it would have been nice to see, even better if they put in an appearance in the Selkirk- Moffat valley now and again.
Oh dear, is this really a problem?
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Dear Sir, I wish to complain that the two F-15s which buzzed Tavistock on Friday lunchtime and startled the tinkle out of Aunty Flo weren't low enough as we didn't see them. I mean, what is the point of us paying all those tax dollars if our Yankee cousins can't have a proper go at scaring the bejazus out of our wrinkly old relatives...
(Two F-15s over Tavistock on Friday is true; I confess, under duress, to making up the rest including the complaint... )
(Two F-15s over Tavistock on Friday is true; I confess, under duress, to making up the rest including the complaint... )