RAF stories

The RAF have caused something of a stir up here in the North East of England. Sometime during Friday afternoon the local news purveyors were all a twitter about an earthquake. It seems there were reports of shaking windows and rattling fittings. It surprised the British Geological survey because they had detected  an absolute zero. In fact there were no records for earthquakes in Northumberland, ever. By the end of the day the RAF had had to put their hand up and say that it was in fact a Tornado fighter bomber carrying out a planned supersonic flight 10 miles off the coast. Sorry!

This tale reminded me of a story I heard that had taken place in Scotland. A couple of policemen decided to set up a speed trap overlooking the firth of Forth. When they scanned the first car that came over the broout the brow of the hill they almost fell out of the car because the radar showed the car in question was travelling at over 350 mph. 

It transpired that the radar had actually detected a low flying Tornado from the Dutch Airforce. When the local police chief complained to the RAF. The letter they recieved was quite surprising. Apparently the Tornado had detected the radar and the fire control system had classed it as a hostile signal. The Tornado was on a live firing mission against radar installations and it was only the lightening response of the pilot that prevented the launch a seek and destroy missile.

Shame.