I remember Brize getting a phone call from the local police stating the had arrested someone taking pot shots at the Tens landing with an Air Rifle, only down side was he was doing it on Thursday and it took them a couple of days before they thought they better tell us / enquire if we had found any damage.
Remember it's NOT always the Spotters that come off best
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The incident happened on arrival day at RIAT Cottesmore in 2001.
Some photographers and aircraft spotters were next to the perimeter fence on the northeastern side of the airport next to the runway 23 threshold. This spot provided a unique point-of-view as arriving and departing aircraft were pretty close.
A B-1B Lancer 86-0104, 34th Bomb Squadron, was preparing for his rehearsal: it taxied to the holding point of runway 23, entered the runway and lined-up, while many photographers thought that the Bone’s departure would provide the perfect opportunity to get an impressive shot.
However, as the pilot pushed the throttles to the stop, to full afterburner, exhaust gases reached the spotters assembled just a few meters behind the American bomber.
Heat haze hit the photographers, some of those barely manage to escape the jet blast: some were burnt, others slightly injured cuts and bruises, others simply shocked.
Fortunately, nobody was seriously hurt.
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The Aviationist » Aviation Safety