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Old 3rd Aug 2013, 20:43
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DaveReidUK
 
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From the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Aviation:

Bunt:

i. An outside loop in which the aircraft remains on the outside throughout the maneuver.

ii. A maneuver involving a negative g pushover

The DM has assumed, wrongly, that the reference to the Tornado performing a bunt means the former (which, given that the Tornado was at 250' AGL, was clearly impossible).

From the Airprox report:

"Whilst transiting along the W side of the River Spey valley, heading 045° at 420kt and 250ft AGL and keeping clear of the Highland Wildlife Park to the W, he saw a glider at an estimated range of 500m, slightly above and to the L, which had been hidden behind the canopy arch. He bunted and passed 100ft below it." [my emphasis]

In other words, the DM's graphic is pure :

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