Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
UK military aircraft are not subject to the 500 foot rule. If they were, how do you think they would practice low flying?
I would assume when they practice this dangerous art form of low level flying, they are doing it in rather sparsely settled areas where no one is at risk? or at least where only the odd farmer who is expendable may call home.
In Canada, Military aircraft can't just go scud running where ever they want under the guise of training flights. or any other higher level of authority simply because they are better trained or whatever. They still have to follow all the rules like john, steve and mike in their little personal helico-peters, to avoid running afoul of the laws that protect the citizen from the dangers of rampant cowboy flying. They do it in their designated airspaces on their military bases. Thank god Canada is so big with lots of unfettered landscape around.