Rotten Pilots
We are in the 21st Century and aviation needs to get with it...At least the Luftwaffe were honorable Gentlemen which is more than can be said for the appalling dregs of humanity who are flying from Redlands and some other north Wiltshire airfields.
Since I complained on this forum my property and I have been overflown, I assume deliberately by the following planes at low height - G-AXUB, G-VANA, G-MVVP, G-MVAF, G-BBBY. Indeed at 4.30 p.m. today G-VANA flew over me at about 100-120 feet whil'st I was lying in my garden. I had a good view of its underside and its doorless body...how do I know how high it was flying? Well I could read its reg. no unaided and it was just above Poplar trees whose height is about 70-80 feet.
So why do they fly over my property so low when they know it causes offence, is a nuisance and could be dangerous? We do shoot pigeon here..best not to fly under 200 feet!
Interestingly, people at the other end of the runway believe that pilots fly better when the camcorders are pointing at them. The footage will be going up on You-Tube soon along with the reg. no's and owners details..
the question is - why do these pilots fly so low? They must be very bad pilots - there is oodles of farmland around our houses, indeed to come near houses takes some effort! Also why does the owner of G-VANA, Peter Marsden, allow his plane to be flown so recklessly? - after the Standard Board investigation which condemned the behaviour of the airfield owner, the pilot flew this plane only 30 feet above the roof of my house on three separate occasions. All reported to the CAA - even if they can't do anything they need to be aware of rogue pilots. A pilot also seems to like flying along the busy A419 as someone else reported this plane to the CAA for flying low over a main road near the local hospital. to recap - not only was I overflown because I did my civic duty but someone left a bag of human excrement of my driveway, and threw broken glass and nails there too. A coincidence? I don't think so.
Is it acceptable to fly in circles over built up areas with thousands of residents for hours at a time? Over the last few weekends we have had 9 1/2 to 10 1/2 hours of skydiving flying a day with no rest.
We are also under the Heathrow and Lyneham flight paths so planes are common, but these do not cause a nuisance.
We have still not had an answer as to how the council has allowed the runways to be widened and lengthened without planning permission - nor have we had a reply from the council over the aircraft that are being used and whether they comply with planning permission.
As to pilots flying without licences - we'll I'm sure they could fly from Redlands and other strips in this area without any trouble. I have also recorded the reg. no of an aircraft which dosn't officially exist on another occasion..and no, I don't think I misread it...don't you just like a good mystery?
One of the problems is - no one enforces aviation planning permission. If skydiving planes at Lewknor can fly 42 days a year instead of the legal 28 and get away with it, what kind of a message does this send out? And yes, there are four local councils around the airfield who object to skydiving there...but are powerless to stop the nuisance - is there anywhere where skydiving is popular with local people?
All I can say is, those who have been forced to object to nuisances such as skydiving and gliding - are now starting to talk to each other and unite...