At Fairoaks yesterday, whilst I was in the circuit (along with 4 others), the Surrey Police helicopter, who is based there .. came on the AFIS frequency and said he wanted an immediate depart for a traffic emergency in Dorking.
By the time he had got his donks running and carried out his checks, the AFIS operator had time to make a suitable gap in the traffic and hover taxi him to where he could take advantage of it.
He taxied to a spot about 50 metres north of the runway and as I "Touched" and before I "go-ed" he lifted and passed over the top of me.
Perfectly simple, perfectly safe and with no delay to a Police Emergency call or disruption to the other users.
Last edited by Dave Gittins; 5th November 2007 at 15:16.