Sonic booms over Yorkshire

[Greg_D]

so what happens when they get alongside the plane???

is it as simple as 'look in the windows and see if the pilot looks a little too arabic...' or isn't wearing the correct uniform

if so, shoot it down!!

[ZOLLAR]

Greg_D said:

so what happens when they get alongside the plane???

is it as simple as 'look in the windows and see if the pilot looks a little too arabic...' or isn't wearing the correct uniform

if so, shoot it down!!

I imagine it's there to monitor and relay visual information back to command, if the plane complies all ok if not I suppose someone somewhere makes a decision to shoot it down.

[Northbloke]

And why had it veered so far off line? Aren't they all on autopilot these days? Any news on that?

Wouldn't like to be the one to make the call to shoot it down if necessary!

[Willhire89]

Greg_D said:

so what happens when they get alongside the plane???

is it as simple as 'look in the windows and see if the pilot looks a little too arabic...' or isn't wearing the correct uniform

if so, shoot it down!!

I've heard they have a LED sign on the back of the Typhoon with 'FOLLOW ME'

[loughran]

Was it it taken out over the sea by the quickest route in case shooting down was necessary ?

[dandarez]

Crush said:

It's the Luftwaffe preparing to invade again after Brexit

Bloody hell! Junckers will be dropping migrants on us!

Tried to do a piccy of Junckers at the controls of a Junkers JU88, dropping ***** but thought better of it, someone would sure as hell be offended.

[dandarez]

Back on topic...

Getting to be the norm? Last month was at computer and there was a hell of thump/bang - very sudden and short -
I thought a bloody tree had fallen against the house (Oxfordshire), looked outside, nothing?
Then later a neighbour said what was that noise this morning?

Ahh. Penny dropped.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/506836...

[Rogue86]

dandarez said:

Back on topic...

Getting to be the norm?

Certainly not the norm, its rare theyre authorised to go supersonic over land because of the chaos that ensues (public lack of awareness of what Q does, damage claims, 999 lines being hounded). Obviously they'll do it to meet the threat, so if theres been a delay on the ground (which shouldnt happen but these aircraft are basically giant computers and not even my phone starts up properly every time) or if the intercept target is somewhere at the limit of QRA boundaries then theyll do whatever necessary to get there as quick as possible.

[skyrover]

Perhaps they should do it more regularly so the public gets used to it

[Hudson]

Killer2005 said:

. Including one girl who was complaining that the RAF shouldn't authorise things like this at night as it woke her kid up.

Sigh