The French Connection

At a hastily arranged press conference in Goose Bay RCMP HQ, the Chief Goose Police Superintendent Barnacle Brent admitted that the Lelystad Six had escaped the net. In a move calculated to outwit their pursuers, the gang had boarded Fifi-Kate under cover of darkness and executed a tactical take-off – this entailed muffling exhausts, a bump start and minimum power. Their ruse worked, as the locals “didn’t hear a dickie bird”. Despite sweeps of the skies by the QRA, there was no sign of the aircraft…it was as if they had vanished into thin air. Although the trail had gone cold (-10ºC at FL 120 to be precise – and that’s inside the aircraft!), a lack of radio discipline and a chance intercept lead to the re-discovery of the gang. A dodgy French accent (yes, you’ve guessed it, the same one as in Wick) was heard ordering scrambled Elk with extra fries and Chocolate Moose for delivery at La Grande Riviere – a one runway town in South Western Quebec. They clearly had a cunning plan…

The old saying that “The Mounties always get their man” was not realized on this occasion as, try as they might, a one horse power nag with four sets of landing gear – one at each corner could not match the 2400 HP employed by the fugitives. It now becoming clear that Captain Darling, The Flying Dutchman et al (who invited Al?) are heading south perhaps to meet up with an old accomplice and sometime moll of Charlie the Cheeky Chappie, Winnie Pegg. Is it conceivable that their destination is the US border? In a uncommon use of initiative the Police aided by the Women’s Institute surrounded Winnipeg International Airport. Ah ha, they wouldn’t get away this time. Guess what? They landed at Winnipeg St. Andrew’s.