Strange how there hasnt been much comment on....
A pilot based at RAF Coltishall has been fined after flying his aircraft so low during a stunt that his wing clipped a floodlight tower.
The Jaguar flown by Squadron Leader Robert J***** was damaged during the incident at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus in July 2004.
But the 40-year-old pilot managed to keep control of his plane and land it safely.
This week a court martial in Colchester fined J**** £2500.
The court was told that J***** had been flying as low as 60ft when the wing tip smashed into the tower, essentially a large lamppost.
The cost of repairing the damage was said to be £63,000.
Permission had been granted for J**** and two other pilots to "buzz" the airfield, with the intention of thanking ground crew before leaving for the UK.
But Group Capt Geoff H, prosecuting, said staff in air traffic control expected a flypast at 500ft.
J******admitted unlawful low flying and negligently damaging an aircraft.
Amended to put more stars in..... but seeing that names and ranks are all over the original story......