Chipmunk sighting on M4!
Well, overhead it! Yesterday, Sat 16 Jun 2001 at precisely 1000A (Radio 2 time check).
I'm heading West with the horse boxes and Eddie Stobarts on the M4 at ground level at 70+ mph with W/wipers on fast in lashing rain just past the Membury mast and the glorious sight of a Chipmunk heading East appears; quite low in the approach to embryo CB. Overhead silhouette suggests it was Gipsy engine.
Clearly the pilot was flying into the downpour and would not have been very happy or comfortable. I wondered how far he(she) got before leaving his(her) line feature. I worried that the Membury mast would not show up to our hero. It was still standing 5 hours later when I returned, however, so all must have been well.
One thought; instead of being overhead the M4 the pilot should have been just a tad further to the right of the line feature to leave room for any possible Chipmunks coming the other way!
Anybody own up?
[This message has been edited by fobotcso (edited 17 June 2001).]