Thanks for the replies Crazy Voyager and wiggy.
Wiggy, I accept your comments in total and understand your scepticism.
To be honest if I had not seen it with my own eyes I would not have believed myself. Put it this way, I could clearly see things like access panels and the lines of the undercarriage doors. Not sure I could see those from 1000 feet. I just wish I had got my camera ready in my hand.
If it is of any consolation on my ability to judge distances I have flown in the back seat of a Tornado in close formation with another Tornado (perhaps you have seen my video on You tube
), been part of plenty of AAR refuelling sorties in VC10s and Tristars and done several sorties in a Chinook in escape and evasion sorties with Hawk aircraft. The only point that I am trying to make here is that I am not a complete novice when it comes to being in close proximity of other aircraft and I will go to my grave 100% believing that it was no where near 1000 ft separation. Thanks anyway
