Originally Posted by
ZeBedie
I don't think a NATS controller would clear an aircraft for a run and break if the runway was occupied and I can very much sympathise with the Spitfire pilots idea that 'the runway was his'.
The idea of a Spitfire being cleared for a run and break and staying above 500' just seems rather unlikely.
If you are implying that military or civilian ATC can clear a civilian aircraft to low fly then you are wrong. The only people who can authorise low flying are the CAA. End of.
A DA is not an authorisation to low fly. It is an exemption from the low flying rules
whilst displaying. This aircraft was NOT displaying.