Makes for very sobering reading.............
http://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/cms_resou...0G-BMHI%20.pdf
Stay out of the low flying system;
In the United Kingdom, military fixed wing aircraft are considered to be low flying when they are flying
below 2000ft. Helicopters and propeller driven light aircraft are regarded as low flying when operating below
500ft. Fixed wing aircraft (except propeller driven light aircraft) are required to keep a strict minimum separation
distance (msd) of 250ft between the aircraft and the ground or any other object (trees, electricity pylons etc). For
less experienced aircrew this is increased to 500ft (msd). The Ministry of Defence authorizes a small amount of
low flying by fixed wing aircraft between 250ft (msd) and 100ft(msd), referred to as Operational Low Flying (see
paragraph 36 for further details) but this is restricted to three designated Tactical Training Areas (TTAs) and which
are described in further detail at paragraph 13. As a result of the review of helicopter low flying training (referred
to in the Summary) the normal minimum operating height for helicopters is now 100ft (above ground level)
however, they are permitted to operate at lower heights (and down to ground level) under certain circumstances.
7. The policy and regulation of all military low flying in the UK
is controlled by the Directorate of Air Staff (DAS) in the Ministry of
Defence, London, and administered by the Low Flying Operations
Squadron based at RAF Wittering. Users of the low flying system must
make a booking with Low Flying Booking Cell (LFBC), (part of the
Low Flying Operations Squadron) in advance of using the system (hence
the reference to “booked low flying” in the body of this publication).