What have you done to your bike today....

[half ton]

A few years back I used to do 3 day delivery runs for Sealeys , One of my journeys was down Marlborough,Chippenham,Bath and Bristol area, Heading Bath direction I was quite often attacked by those A10 tank buster / flying bedstead things,It was brilliant going along and watching them come over a hill and fly low straight at you ... then go round for another go

 

[Flynnt20]

Coming back from Anglesey last year via Bethesda myself and the long haired general were doing about 60 when 2 jets flew past us in the valley to my right , they were lower than us and it scared the shite out of me , probably on their way back to RAF Valley , twas impressive

 

[DD67]

I watched this on YouTube ages ago.
It must seem surreal watching fighter jets flying below where you're standing

 

[Don the Don]

BBC News | SCOTLAND | Weather hampers jets search

But when it goes wrong it goes terribly wrong, I remember this incident well, I was on duty when it happened They had to pull in snowcats and haglund tracked vehicles to reach the remains and the seaking helicopter was also forced down due to severe snow and it spent the night on the mountains, the major concern for the Scottish government was contamination due to Avtur fuel and Hydraulic oils

 

[DD67]

the major concern for the Scottish government was contamination due to Avtur fuel and Hydraulic oils

How very compassionate of them!

 

[MartytheMartian]

There was also the crash at the Rest and Be Thankful when a Tornado from RAF Leuchars (where I was born) had a 'controlled flight into terrain' in 2009 with the loss of both crew. That ended all training sorties through this area.

 

[DD67]

'controlled flight into terrain'

Is that government speak for 'they f#cked something up & crashed'
As opposed to a failure of the aircraft causing the crash?

 

[MartytheMartian]

Yep but RAF investigation rather than government speak for 'The pilot hadn't lost control of his aircraft he just fucked up making his turn".

 

[Don the Don]

Service Inquiry: investigating the accident to Tornado F3 ZE 982 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

I remember that one

 

[DD67]

Service Inquiry: investigating the accident to Tornado F3 ZE 982 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

I remember that one

Ok, I confess!
I dug it out of the Scottish mud...

It cleaned up alright though eh!

 

[MartytheMartian]

I like the comment in the report that 'The navigator displayed a high level of concern for the aircraft's flight path in the last 2-2.5 seconds' I would imagine that translates to 'The navigator can clearly be heard screaming for the last two to two and a half seconds'. It appears that he also tried to eject but was too late.

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

Using my mighty man biker powers i successfully and some might say heroically got my bike back home...
Supposed to be my heroic captain scott pose but look more like a monkey doing im a little tea pot...

 

[Public Enemy]

Using my mighty man biker powers i successfully and some might say heroically got my bike back home...View attachment 2033
Supposed to be my heroic captain scott pose but look more like a monkey doing im a little tea pot...View attachment 2034

Good man. I'm sure that was fun!

 

[Don the Don]

Nice one @BAD LUCK DUCK like the jacket mate

 

[Scrappy]

Well done mate

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

Good man. I'm sure that was fun!

It really was...Believe it or not at times I thought I was going to come off...im definitely getting a new rear tyre as soon as I can safely get to the motorbike shop...

Had to stop a couple of times to warm my hands up on the headlights..

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

Nice one @BAD LUCK DUCK like the jacket mate

Its my not very politically correct piss off out my face jacket unless you got a sense of humour...

 

[DD67]

I'm torn between being impressed by your valour & thinking you're a tw@t for riding in those conditions!

 

[Bad Billy]

I'm torn between being impressed by your valour & thinking you're a tw@t for riding in those conditions!

I like to think of Duck as a brave twat with no other option!

 

[Tallpaul]

Full respect Duck, I wouldn't be riding in that.