Epic win

That boat bit at the 4:49 bit you recommended really got to me. 'No brakes on a boat' is one of those sayings that I'm sure I'll remember at my desk at work and just start laughing.

26 mins 20 secs,,,, brilliant

Jesus. Pretty impressive keeping a tab going the whole way up that massive chimney. What an athlete.

I stumbled upon these a couple of years back, strangely addictive viewing! Really well made films of a lost age, balls of steel or madman, or both.

I used to see Fred Dibnah driving around Bolton all the time.

Watched every episode on TV years ago. Bloomin' marvelous!

Please tell me he was in a traction engine?

Epic Winnipeg? :)

Mainly in a beat up Land Rover, but did see him in a traction engine a couple of times.

Epic amateur.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/18/abusive-woman-billed-for-85000-after-raf-scrambled-to-escort-plane

£85k fine for getting pissed, hopefully she won't be able to afford to go on holiday for a good while

Just what exactly would two other jets be able to do to decrease the danger posed by an out of control passenger inside an airliner?
Was a copilot going to step out the cockpit walk along the adjacent wings open the door from the outside and shoot her with their service revolver?

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/7922/whats-the-point-in-escorting-a-threatened-flight-with-two-fighter-jets/7924

The simplest answer is that the (forces) pilots need their flying hours anyway, so they may as well.

I've always wondered this, but I've assumed its because the distraction/incident might be terrorist-y and if that is the way things developed at least there would be a solution (shooting them down over the sea/fields) rather than letting them fly over London?

Yep^. In this case, i think the jets were scrambled as the Air Traffic Controller thought the the crazy women was trying to open the cockpit door rather than the external door. I mean, who'd try open that when the plane's in the air?

I do wonder whether the lady in question has real health problems rather than is just a drunk lunatic. Weird that there is no mention of alcohol in most reporting about the incident.

There’s a Jet2 pilot comes to the ‘drome. She once told me that if a passenger fucks about and they have to land anywhere other than the planned destination it’s a £50k fine straight away.

£35k for a 2 fighter jets escort seems pretty bargainous.

They reported at the time that the escort was a miscommunication. So either that report was wrong, or she's not going to have to pay.

Guy Martin wishes he was Fred Dibnah!

I work at the Winnipeg airport.
A few times there have been emergency landings due to drunk assholes. 50k barely covers the cost. It's not just one plane, every plane in the stack has to be rescheduled, runways have to be cleared, takeoffs and landings are all screwed up, hundreds of people can miss their connections.
Anyone who gets drunk/high/stupid and causes this should have a lifetime ban worldwide.

amen, and the jets were lousy anyway

Is that just because Fred Dibnah had a valid uk driving licence?

Proper bottom bracket service.

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