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I would have been chuffed to have videod that. I think that the knob flying the microlight needs more training!
Seriously though I hope he gets caught & grounded before he causes damage to others.
Seriously though I hope he gets caught & grounded before he causes damage to others.
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Wow Percy I wish my eyesight was as good as yours, you know being able to see the reg of that particular CFM Shadow and identify it as a microlight instead of one of the many number of GA versions is a real talent 
..........I mean its not as if a 'proper' pilot (I guess this is what you think since you mentioned training) would ever break the law like that........... icing on the cake is to assume it's a male pilot, next time make a prediction about the pilot's ethnic origin at the same time and you'll have a full house 
..........I mean its not as if a 'proper' pilot (I guess this is what you think since you mentioned training) would ever break the law like that........... icing on the cake is to assume it's a male pilot, next time make a prediction about the pilot's ethnic origin at the same time and you'll have a full house
I reckon he was making a legal approach to that big field, got spooked by the train, overshot, levelled a bit low before climbing to 500 feet for another go. No probs?
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When you see footage on the telly of trains going flat out across bridges and wotnot, is that all filmed illegally or do they get some sort of special permission?
Just asking.
Just asking.
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Blues& twos:
Loco is "Clan Line", a Merchant Navy class pacific, based in London for working special trains, mainly posh luncheon trains for a firm called VSOE.
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Loco is "Clan Line", a Merchant Navy class pacific, based in London for working special trains, mainly posh luncheon trains for a firm called VSOE.
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Judging by the small size of the wing, and the apparent speed, I reckon it is a Streak Shadow. I base this on my estimation that the train is doing about 70mph, yet the Shadow is able to pull away from it with ease. Having seen both the microlight version and the Streak flying together, I don't think the microlight Shadow can accelerate that quickly and easily from 70 up to over 80mph, but the Streak with its smaller thinner wing can.
This would of course mean it is a GA version, and therefore cannot be flown by a microlight pilot.
So the knob flying the GA aircraft should perhaps get more training, eh Percy?
This would of course mean it is a GA version, and therefore cannot be flown by a microlight pilot.
So the knob flying the GA aircraft should perhaps get more training, eh Percy?
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Here is another perspective, posted on the BMAA forum. Thanks David.
Rail-Videos.Net » Merchant Navy Pacific on Pullmans
The Shadow is visible from 06s to 19s. The hill the other video was taken from is clearly visible too.
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Rail-Videos.Net » Merchant Navy Pacific on Pullmans
The Shadow is visible from 06s to 19s. The hill the other video was taken from is clearly visible too.
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I mean its not as if a 'proper' pilot (I guess this is what you think since you mentioned training)
Turin you can get CAA exemptions to do this sort of filming but I have a feeling that they have to be from at least a public transport cat aircraft with a suitably commercially qualified pilot & only down to something like 200 feet, but I am sure that the distance this cabbage crate was to the train this probably would not have been legal even with permissions.
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Patowalker, er yes I have although I must admit I am not really into chuff chuffs myself.
If you are infering that the footage was taken at the same time, how do you explain the shadow of the shadow or whatever it is being so close to the train in the first clip?
Aha got you....or have I ?! ?!
Are you responsible for the Apollo photo's with strange shadows & flags moving ? !
This plot thickens I would say !
If you are infering that the footage was taken at the same time, how do you explain the shadow of the shadow or whatever it is being so close to the train in the first clip?
Aha got you....or have I ?! ?!
Are you responsible for the Apollo photo's with strange shadows & flags moving ? !
This plot thickens I would say !
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how do you explain the shadow of the shadow or whatever it is being so close to the train in the first clip?
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They are completely different aircraft. The first video is a Shadow of some sort with what clearly sounds like a 2 stroke engine. The second video, looks like a Cessna although it is hard to tell. However the engine sound in the second video is clearly a 4 stroke, either a Lycoming or Continental of some sort.