If we put what the thread starter on the other site says all together;
"Can you believe someone actuially tried to fly into EGBO (Halfpenny Green) on Monday given these TAFs?
TAF EGBB 060458Z 0606/0706 30005KT 0300 FZFG VV///
PROB30 TEMPO 0606/0611 0800 FZFG IC BKN002
BECMG 0611/0614 3000 BR BKN004
TEMPO 0614/0618 5000 SCT004
BECMG 0618/0621 0300 FZFG VV///=
TAF EGOS 060441Z 0606/0615 VRB03KT 0200 FZFG VV///=
It just so happened he descended through fog into 80m vis about 3-miles from EGBO at 1115, into an impossible landing area, and who should be there at the time but me (walking my dog)! A few hand gestures later I managed to get him into an open field."
"Of course I gave him the benefit of the soubt at first, thinking there could have been engine or icing problems, but it appears (to the best of my knowledge at the moment) that he was 'lost'."
"Not sure aircraft type, bigger than an R22. Luckily, I was positioned one side of a small 'valley' he was on the other and were almost at eye level with each other. I measured it out today and the distance from one side to the other is about 40m. Rear rotors approx 3ft off ground, ground slopes around 40 degree gradient..say no more!"
"Subsequently found out he landed on a school playing fields and that the school children were on the field at the time. Oh well, any port in a storm?"
So concerened was 'Simon' that he didn't even go over to see if there was a problem. If for no other reason than to make sure all was ok.
No, no no, quick as a flash he went and loaded up the TAFs! If he had gone over, he might have found out, even out of simple curiosity what was occuring. He may have found out where the ac took off from and where he was trying to get to, was it actually EGBO or somewhere else?
After all, Simon only assumes he was lost, after giving him the benefit of the doubt! FFS
Simon claims that "A few hand gestures later I managed to get him into an open field." Not bad at 40m in fog and a pilot looking for a landing site, with perhaps other things on his mind. Would you trust a dog walker that you've just 'descended upon'?
Simon subsequently found that he had guided him into a school playing field. So, how do you all feel about that?
Good choice of landing area by the pilot? Luck? 'Well done Simon' for guiding a helicopter into a school field? etc
By Simons description
"Not sure aircraft type, bigger than an R22. Luckily, I was positioned one side of a small 'valley' he was on the other and were almost at eye level with each other. I measured it out today and the distance from one side to the other is about 40m. Rear rotors approx 3ft off ground, ground slopes around 40 degree gradient..say no more!"
"I measured it out....
about 40m...
approx 3ft...
around 40 degree."
Probably a Chinook then!
Bigger than an R22
30m long (rotors turning)
Rear rotors
