Met Police Secret Cessna Fleet
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Met Police Secret Cessna Fleet
Interesting story in today's Daily Telegraph.
Met Police spends millions of pounds on secret aircraft - Telegraph
Met Police spends millions of pounds on secret aircraft - Telegraph
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Not sure why this is worth mentioning. Old news to most who move in GA circles full time, there was even a thread on here about recruitment for it years back.
What's a Cessna F04? 14 passengers? Will these clowns never get anything aviation related correct?
What's a Cessna F04? 14 passengers? Will these clowns never get anything aviation related correct?
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The story is that the Met are run by police authority just like every other police
force in the UK.
Having a secret 'Air America' op is something that should be the remit of the secret services.
force in the UK.
Having a secret 'Air America' op is something that should be the remit of the secret services.
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What's a Cessna F04? 14 passengers? Will these clowns never get anything aviation related correct?
Its a Reims Cessna 406, commonly known as a F04, exactly the same as the Cessna 404.
OK, it was only designed as a freighter or to carry 10 passengers and 2 pilots, but they weren't too far out.
Who's the clown now?
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Old news! The tabloids will be telling us next that the SAS are roaring around in Agusta 109s and AS365s painted up in civvy colours with no registrations.....
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And who calls it the "F04"?
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Nothing to see here...move along now....
Next thing you'll be inferring that there are model aircraft being used for spying on the public....Oh, hang on...
£13,000 Merseyside Police drone lost as it crashes into River Mersey - Liverpool Local News - News - Liverpool Echo
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Oopssssh 
Accident occurred at Polis Social Do. Hmm. "Routine Training Exercise". Aye right. Translation: Polis Social Do, local Bobbys letting their hair down, some bright spark decides to break out the fancy thing he's been working on to impress the nice plonk that works downstairs and his mates in CID to which he's been bragging about said machine.
Either that, or seeing the thing in the flesh, DCI Gene Hunt decides he wants a shot, bungling tw@t doesn't have a clue and thus fancy kit ends up in the swanney.
One wonders if fannying about with said fancy machine trying to impress mates/burds whilst a bit pished was a contributory factor.
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Accident occurred at Polis Social Do. Hmm. "Routine Training Exercise". Aye right. Translation: Polis Social Do, local Bobbys letting their hair down, some bright spark decides to break out the fancy thing he's been working on to impress the nice plonk that works downstairs and his mates in CID to which he's been bragging about said machine.
Either that, or seeing the thing in the flesh, DCI Gene Hunt decides he wants a shot, bungling tw@t doesn't have a clue and thus fancy kit ends up in the swanney.
One wonders if fannying about with said fancy machine trying to impress mates/burds whilst a bit pished was a contributory factor.
Smithy
It's probably easier to control, but having flown the more traditional radio control helicopters what seems to me remarkable isn't that it's just crashed - more that it's been flying for 4 seasons without a devastating crash before now.
