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I am very aware of the difference in a fly past and an overflight. However in plain Joe Public language, they are one and the same... that's the point.
Joe Public does not understand the rules the military play by and as others have said here it is very difficult to judge distances etc from the ground... even trained aircrew would get it wrong more often than not... though because they have the knowledge, their minds would work slightly differently in that instaed of the first thought being "thats surely not safe" (the way Joe Public would think), a seasoned person would be thinking from the angle that it was a well briefed and executed flight!
It is partly the difference in mindset that is the problem... educating the public is an ongoing task and needs to be done to keep them onside - and more to the point, to get them to rekindle the pride they used to have in the Armed Forces as near back as the 80's.
Last edited by anotherthing; 26th Jun 2008 at 09:15.