Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Speeding Story

[Steve Jenkins (steve]

Actually, I heard that it was French Gendarmes who were using traffic radar
on the Autoroute. They locked on to a Mirage, and the pilot's extensive
French military training kicked in, and he ejected instantly!

SJ

-----Original Message-----
From: LarryT [mailto:l02turner [at] comcast.net] 
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:14 AM
To: Steve Jenkins
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] Speeding Story

Howdy -
Don;t know if this is true or not, but it makes for a good story. -

<<Two California Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding 
enforcement
on I-15, North of MCAS Miramar. One of the officers was using a hand held
radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching near the crest of a 
hill.

The officers were suddenly surprised when the radar gun began reading 300
miles per hour. The officer attempted to reset the radar gun, but it would 
not
reset and turned off.

Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in
fact locked onto a USMC F/A-18 Hornet which was engaged in a low flying
exercise near the location.

Back at the CHP Headquarters the Patrol Captain fired off a complaint to
the USMC Base Commander.

Back came a reply in true USMC style:

Thank you for the 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 Marine Pilot 
flying the Hornet
recognized the situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile
system alert status and was able to override the automated defense system
before the missile was launched and your hostile radar was destroyed.

>Thank you for your concern.>>


Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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