19th May 2009, 05:56 PM
Was on a training dig on Cranborne Chase last September and military helis were using the next-door field for landing exercises. Got a bit boring after a couple of hours. Then they tried an attack run down the hill directly at us, about 20 feet off the ground. It was like Apocalypse Now with trowels. When we failed to throw ourselves behind the nearest spoilheap in alarm, they got the hump and went home. Nerves of steel, us. *Twang*
I once read a story in an IT paper where some traffic cops had managed to get their speed camera to fix on a Tornado as it passed on a regular training route, and sent the local RAF base a speeding ticket. It was returned with a note to the effect that, at the time, the Tornado had had weapons lock on Plod's equipment, and suggesting that they should come to a mutually-beneficial arrangement...
I once read a story in an IT paper where some traffic cops had managed to get their speed camera to fix on a Tornado as it passed on a regular training route, and sent the local RAF base a speeding ticket. It was returned with a note to the effect that, at the time, the Tornado had had weapons lock on Plod's equipment, and suggesting that they should come to a mutually-beneficial arrangement...