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Old 29th Mar 2007, 19:08
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pilot108
 
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I was disappointed to read the report by Porridge, and heartily agree with the comments in the subsequent message. We are all in the same game and if we fight amongst ourselves we shall have no weapons against the big guns when airports are at threat etc. Direct contact is usually most productive, and I am sure a polite call to the pilot would have been appreciated and whoever it was would have been glad to learn from any mistakes he made.
However, the report implies that the Eurostar involved in these near misses is the one based at Conington. That is definitely not true (and can easily be proven conclusively), and I do not recall seeing any other Eurostar at the airfield that day.
There were only two recorded aircraft which landed at Conington from Cranfield on the day in question. I tracked down the pilot of one without problem, and he was not involved. When I telephoned the flying school owning the other aircraft, the proprietor slammed the telephone down on me.
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