I trust you bollocked him appropriately!
> miscreant flying illegally low over my house
> They were from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and I trained one
of their pilots only a few days later :-)
On 5 October 2015 at 18:23, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well done, Martin.
>
> The lady on the switchboard would have been at a call centre somewhere,
> I’m afraid. The system is centralised and the MOD would be charged for
> every enquiry.
>
> We had a Spitfire and a Hurricane opening our village show a couple of
> weeks ago. I was still at home and went outside to get the registration of
> the miscreant flying illegally low over my house. I did recognise the
> sound before I reached my door and was very excited to see the nose of a
> Hurricane pointing at my house, followed by a Spitfire, slightly offset.
>
> I was too slow to get my camera . . .
>
> They were from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and I trained one of
> their pilots only a few days later :-)
>
> Chris
>
> > On 5 Oct 2015, at 17:23, Martin Walters <mwalters@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Late to this thread as I just got back from three weeks in Europe (UK,
> briefly, and Portugal). I was lucky enough to be there for the flypast (RAF
> Benson, near Oxford). The weather behaved, though the entire event was
> delayed a couple of hours due to weather problems elsewhere.
> >
> > The six spits and hurricanes made one pass over the field - 30 secs in
> total. Due to the viewing spot, they appeared rather abruptly. The few
> photos I managed to take are at:
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=18949 <
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=18949>
> >
> > I have to say that the lady on the RAF Benson switchboard was very
> helpful, providing updates on timing and where to view. Although I was no
> doubt one of many that rang that day, she was unfailingly polite and
> informative.
>
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