Bruce in West Oz
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>The RAAF was unaware of missile incident
It is claimed the first the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) knew of a missile falling from one of its planes in Darwin last night was when a caryard owner reported something had struck his workshop.
The dummy missile fell from an F/A-18 Hornet just after 9.00pm CST, crushing a utility in the yard, in the industrial suburb of Berrimah.
The Defence Department says the 130 kilogram, AIM-7 Sparrow training device became detached from the jet as it was approaching the runway.
Tony Travers says he was cooking his dinner when he heard an "almighty crash".
He says he thought something had landed on the roof of his building and immediately rang the police and the RAAF.
Mr Travers says he feels lucky to be alive after finding half of the missile at the back of a shed and the rest lodged in a vehicle.
"When I first spied the car smashed to a thousand pieces I just looked in disbelief...I couldn't believe it," he said. (Man's got a Master's in Stating the Bleeding Obvious!)
"I haven't been able to sleep...I just keep picturing this missile landing on the workshop."
No-one was injured in the incident.
The jet was returning from a night sortie as part of Exercise Pitch Black, the mock war exercise, involving 1,500 personnel from Australia, the United Kingdom, the US and Singapore.
The RAAF has removed the missile and quarantined the aircraft. (Why? Is it infectious?)
An initial investigation has begun. [/quote]
It's Friday a.m. here, last day of the working week -- and this just tickled my funny bone.
And missiles are sorta like guns, aren't they?
B
It is claimed the first the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) knew of a missile falling from one of its planes in Darwin last night was when a caryard owner reported something had struck his workshop.
The dummy missile fell from an F/A-18 Hornet just after 9.00pm CST, crushing a utility in the yard, in the industrial suburb of Berrimah.
The Defence Department says the 130 kilogram, AIM-7 Sparrow training device became detached from the jet as it was approaching the runway.
Tony Travers says he was cooking his dinner when he heard an "almighty crash".
He says he thought something had landed on the roof of his building and immediately rang the police and the RAAF.
Mr Travers says he feels lucky to be alive after finding half of the missile at the back of a shed and the rest lodged in a vehicle.
"When I first spied the car smashed to a thousand pieces I just looked in disbelief...I couldn't believe it," he said. (Man's got a Master's in Stating the Bleeding Obvious!)
"I haven't been able to sleep...I just keep picturing this missile landing on the workshop."
No-one was injured in the incident.
The jet was returning from a night sortie as part of Exercise Pitch Black, the mock war exercise, involving 1,500 personnel from Australia, the United Kingdom, the US and Singapore.
The RAAF has removed the missile and quarantined the aircraft. (Why? Is it infectious?)
An initial investigation has begun. [/quote]
It's Friday a.m. here, last day of the working week -- and this just tickled my funny bone.
And missiles are sorta like guns, aren't they?
B