I remember the sad event in the Welsh valleys some years ago when a RAF Jaguar collided with a C150/152 on a photographic sortie.
Apart from trying to fly the aircraft and take photographs at the same time, the Cessna pilot had not intentionally planned to do anything stupid.
If I recall correctly, the Jaguar instructor was the first RAF pilot to have a by-pass operation and return to flying. Short-lived.
My own 'sphincter twitching' moment came a number of years ago when, as a relatively inexperienced PPL, I went for a flight up to the Lake District. As I was flying towards the valley passing Helvellyn Warton Radar informed me 'Two F-111s, opposite direction, height unknown'! I never saw them.
To knowingly put yourself in a potentially risky/dangerous situation. Why?
KR
FOK
PS: Not to mention the risk to OTHER pilots and people on the ground.
Last edited by FlyingOfficerKite; 29th May 2010 at 20:08.