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Christine Damaged by Car

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XPLUMBER
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Christine Damaged by Car

Post by XPLUMBER » Sat Jun 30, 2018 9:53 am

Christine the RAF Wittering Harrier Gate Guard was damaged last night when someone in a red car crashed in to her, picture to follow if I can get hold of it.
CANONs carried by an ARMOURER!


hangars are for shirts!

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Re: Christine Damaged by Car

Post by MRTT » Sat Jun 30, 2018 10:19 am


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Re: Christine Damaged by Car

Post by Unknown74 » Sat Jun 30, 2018 2:57 pm

Mad, crazy fools = Idiots.

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Re: Christine Damaged by Car

Post by Firefighter » Sat Jun 30, 2018 3:12 pm

Person on another site said it was a lady driver who lost control whilst texting. Harrier will now sport a Renault kill marking, luckily enough the lady wasn't too hurt.
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Re: Christine Damaged by Car

Post by Firefighter » Sat Jun 30, 2018 3:13 pm

Person on another site said it was a lady driver who lost control whilst texting. Harrier will now sport a Renault kill marking, luckily enough the lady wasn't too hurt.

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Re: Christine Damaged by Car

Post by Nighthawke » Sat Jun 30, 2018 3:43 pm

Unknown74 wrote:
Sat Jun 30, 2018 2:57 pm
Mad, crazy fools = Idiots.
Unbelievable lack of concern regardless of the alleged cause of the collision - which hadn't been posted until after yours.

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Re: Christine Damaged by Car

Post by Supra » Sat Jun 30, 2018 4:52 pm

Nighthawke wrote:
Sat Jun 30, 2018 3:43 pm
Unknown74 wrote:
Sat Jun 30, 2018 2:57 pm
Mad, crazy fools = Idiots.
Unbelievable lack of concern regardless of the alleged cause of the collision - which hadn't been posted until after yours.
I'm very concerned, regardless of blame it's gonna be hard to find Harrier spares these days! ;)

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Christine Damaged by Car

Post by StevenR » Sat Jun 30, 2018 6:14 pm

From the photo, it looks more like she drove into the 'bomb' on the wing hard point rather than the fuselage.

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Re: Christine Damaged by Car

Post by Andy_99 » Sat Jun 30, 2018 8:04 pm

Glad that the driver seems to have only sustained minor injuries, lucky on 2 points 1) what if she'd hit either another road user 2) Hit pedestrians or 3) Hit an HGV or something more substantial.

Makes me so angry that people think they can drive along glued to hand-held phones. I was almost rear ended the other day by a woman looking at her phone not noticing I was stopped at a level crossing.
I got out to check if she'd actually bumped into me (I released the handbrake & rolled forward to give a few metres extra space) & was rewarded with a mouthful of expletives.

When I pointed out the error of her ways & went back to the car to pick up my phone she promptly through a U-Turn & screamed off.

Hopefully Christine isn't too hurt either & is repaired soon.

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