Hi all,
I voted for "hope he gets away", mainly because where it happened and the authority responsible for that country.
I do not agree with doing stunts like this in a situation where GA is already at risk to get exstinct.
The following link has nothing to do with the case at hand or the CAA, but it shows the general ridicule involving laws and regulations in UK and Europe:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/w...re/2981358.stm
You will find all the related links there, read it, it is quite ridiculous!
Now I understand the CAA is LOT worse than any traffic entity in the great UK!
It is a little difficult to judge whether this guy will go on and find more challenging and potentially dangerous thrills, but I doubt he will. The real thrill with this was most likely not to find out whether he could do the bridge (as was stated: any regular confined area is more difficult...), but could he get away with it!! I hope he can. But if they catch up with him I hope he still gets away with a medium stiff fine, lets say 4-5 flighthours worth.....
However as there are very few people in the CAA with any pilot skills and/or danger judging capabilities from a proffesional pilot point of view, but mostly law enforcers with little comon sense - I hope they do not get him/her!!!
If it was for the "bridge thrill" he should have looked for some less prominent bridge.
As Rich Lee mentioned, the real danger is more likely for the helicopter from anything coming down from the bridge.
Shy Torque! You got the cure, especially with those barges!!
For Winnie and all the other perfect law abiding people out there:
Take a vacation, come to Panama and enjoy some low level river tour - tree top level canopy tour and RELAX!!
Of course this may not be the most safe way to fly, but then the idea is to get a good and fun tour, which never the less is still reasonable save. No need to push the limits for some fun - neither did the guy with bridge. However here it is legal...
Sometimes you need a little fun and thrill in your live...
....or you might just die of boredom.
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