Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Speeding Story

[Dan Warlick (edwf430]

LMAO Steve.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jenkins" <steve [at] stevejenkins.com>
To: "Daniel" <edwf430 [at] bellsouth.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Speeding Story


> 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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