Guys,
I was also sat on the beach at Eastbourne when this happened.
The Red Arrows were doing their stuff as usuall and a good time was had by all.
Then this...obviously uninformed..pilot flew over at what seemed to be the height at the display aircraft were using for their "low passes" Now as I don't know what that height was I will keep from comment but I just report what I saw.
I was videoing the whole of the Arrows display so I do have some digital footage of the aircraft but it is not clear enough to read the registration. There does appear to be a "Circle Logo" with some writing inside on the tail which, would suggest to me, that it is some sort of club aircraft.
I would like to say that I am shocked that it happened but, regrattably, this is the 3rd year I have seen such an act.
As a proffessional pilot I would never consider taking off until I knew I had read the information and NOTAMS for the route I would be flying.
I just hope that the idiot gets his ass kicked for pure stupidity. In this industry there is NO room for those that are not prepared to make themselves aware of the dangers/restrictions they will find in the air. If they can not be bothered to do their pre-flight actions properly then how am I expected to beleive that they will keep a good lookout in flight!? (Which they obviously did not either - 9 Hawks trailing red, blue and white smoke are NOT hard to miss people)
I apologise for the large amount of spelling mistakes but im afraid it was a rather jolly night last night.
EzY