Shades of ‘the Guvnor’ on PPRuNe some years ago……:rolleyes:

Some of the day’s action…..

Is a Prangin like a fly-in but with harder landings….:D

(I’ll get me coat!)

Love your photo collections muflon, keep ’em coming 😎

The halfwit in a VW Beetle (new shape) who thought that a queue of cars slowing down for a flooded road was an ideal overtaking opportunity….

“Yeah, I’ll have a Euromillions ticket. I think I’ll pick 1, 5, 18, 38, 45, with a 4 or a 6” :p

The case echoes another in Greece in 2000 in which local authorities jailed a group of 12 British planespotters after they were arrested at an air force day function.

They were found guilty of espionage charges but their sentences were suspended pending appeals.

Source: AFP

Just to give the full details of that particular story, the ‘Kalamata 14’ as they were known at the time, later (all bar one) returned for their trial and the case was dismissed. Also it occurred in 2001.

There were some instances of malfunctioning lifts on L-1011’s, but the most unfortunate incident was the death of flight attendant Karen Williams in a World Airways DC-10 en route to Gatwick in 1981. She was trapped when the lift went up as she was partially inside, trying to move a drinks cart. A damaged switch meant that the safety override was not working.