Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 13/4/12 at 06:38 AM |
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Deny everything snapper!! 
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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mr_pr
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| posted on 13/4/12 at 06:53 AM |
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The Typhoon was likely to be on an exercise when the squawk from the rotary a/c was transmitted, hence why they were initially involved with the other
a/c.
With regards to the emergency signal, a/c fitted with a transponder can squawk different codes, the emergency ones are...
7700 - Emergency
7600 - Lost Comms
7500 - Unlawful interference (Hijacking)
Assuming he squawked 7500 the reason for diverting the Typhoon makes sense. Pilot must have been quite embarrassed though!
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scudderfish
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| posted on 13/4/12 at 08:04 AM |
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What assistance could it render other than some 27mm cannon shells?
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 13/4/12 at 09:12 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
What assistance could it render other than some 27mm cannon shells?
As I understand it, they couldn't contribute even those as our beloved leaders ordered the Typhoons without the guns, as a cost saving device.
However it was found that removal of the guns rendered them un-fly-able despite the smart control computers. So, the guns were fitted without the
firing pins/mechanism so the centre of gravity remained as programmed.
At least that was what I heard/read.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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sdh2903
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| posted on 13/4/12 at 09:38 AM |
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Guns? who needs guns?
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britishtrident
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| posted on 13/4/12 at 09:54 AM |
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Sonic booms are quite distinctive sound boom-boom used to hear them quite regularly when Concorde was doing it's test flights up and down the
west coast.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 13/4/12 at 09:59 AM |
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At least responding to distress squawk makes a change from attending a diesel spill, only surprised he didn't fly through tower bridge
en-route.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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scudderfish
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| posted on 13/4/12 at 01:50 PM |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hunter_Tower_Bridge_incident 
ETA, you can here an interview with the pilot here http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p006xbvc/Witness_Tower_Bridge_Jet/
[Edited on 13/4/12 by scudderfish]
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sdh2903
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| posted on 13/4/12 at 02:44 PM |
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Superb! wonder how many raf fast jet pilots would love to do that!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 13/4/12 at 02:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
The official explanation
That's just what they want you to believe 
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woodster
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| posted on 14/4/12 at 02:32 PM |
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4256091/Sonic-boom-as-jets-investigate-UFO.html
According to that quality paper The SUn it was a UFO which was sock shaped .... Although I think it was more knob shaped !!!!
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