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07-04-2008, 12:16 PM
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OCD keeps me busy...
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Melbourne
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Top this for a speeding ticket...
Two Hunter traffic patrol officers from Newcastle LAC were involved in an unusual incident while checking for speeding motorists on the F3 Freeway. One of the officers used a hand-held radar device to check the speed of a vehicle approaching over the crest of a hill, and was surprised when the speed was recorded at over 300 kph. Their radar suddenly stopped working and the officers were not able to reset it. Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in fact latched on to a Williamtown Hornet fighter jet which was engaged in a low-flying exercise over Wyong, approaching from the Ocean. Back at police headquarters the Local Area Commander fired off a stiff complaint to the RAAF Liaison officer at Williamtown. Back came the reply in true laconic RAAF style: "Thank you for your message, which allows us to complete the file on this incident. You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Hornet had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked onto, your hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it. Furthermore, an air- to-ground missile aboard the fully-armed aircraft had also automatically locked onto your equipment. Fortunately the pilot flying the Hornet recognized the situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile systems alert status, and was able to override the automated defense system before the missile was launched and your hostile radar installation was destroyed. Thank you for your enquiry. |
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07-04-2008, 12:21 PM
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Loving my GT
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Brisvegas
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OMG! That would have been awesome, it would have been better if the air force actually got a speeding fine :P lol, goodbye licence... isn't 40km over automatic loss of license? lol
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07-04-2008, 12:23 PM
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Awesome
Join Date: Oct 2007
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That is classic! Absolute Gold!
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07-04-2008, 12:33 PM
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Da Boss
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Victoria
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That'll teach em'
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07-04-2008, 12:33 PM
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Regular Schmuck
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Surely a myth?
What automated defence system, what jamming signal and what jet would carry live ordnance on an exercise? |
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07-04-2008, 12:36 PM
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07-04-2008, 12:59 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: Cattai, Sydney
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ahaha awesome!
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07-04-2008, 01:06 PM
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Falcon RTV - FG G6ET
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
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 BAII RTV - with Raptor V S/C. RTV Power FG G6ET 50th Anniversary in Sensation. While the basic Ford Six was code named Barra, the Turbo version clearly deserved its very own moniker – again enter Gordon Barfield.
We asked him if the engine had actually been called “Seagull” and how that came about. “Actually it was just call “Gull”, because I named it that. Because we knew it was going to poo on everything”. |
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07-04-2008, 06:25 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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in other words a load of rubbish. |
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07-04-2008, 06:31 PM
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Thats very very old. More than 10 years at least, i remember reading it in the back of a Motor magazine when i was in high school in 98 or 99. It was england or wales then.
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08-04-2008, 05:31 PM
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Former BTIKD
 
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Location: Sunny Downtown Wagga Wagga. NSW.
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Dying at your job is natures way of saying that you're in the wrong line of work.
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08-04-2008, 05:59 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: Adelaide SA
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he should of let the auto missle system run its course
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08-04-2008, 11:07 PM
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E-series mutantette
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this is old, i remember hearing about this before :P
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11-04-2008, 08:50 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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urban legend or real?
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11-04-2008, 07:08 PM
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HSV - I just ate one!
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oh c'mon, you seriously think any air farce pilot would be able to resist a little payback?
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11-04-2008, 07:14 PM
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The pilot should've fired those missiles.
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11-04-2008, 11:25 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Then theres the one about the US carrier and the lighthouse arguing about "who" has right of way........very similar
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12-04-2008, 09:14 AM
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Mr old phart
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US carrier V's lighthouse vid
Old and fake but it still gives me a giggle.
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12-04-2008, 12:46 PM
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12-04-2008, 01:01 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Wow, the airforce now jams the same frequency as mobile radars.
It's another one of those pipe dreams that go around, like the worksafe inspector. |
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12-04-2008, 04:15 PM
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Regular Member
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Location: Bathurst
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real or not its funny, love it
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