Originally Posted by
Edmund Spencer
"Groan!"
It's kinda what you do isn't it? 100ft AGL is rather high in a real combat environment. Upside down. Of course and pulling 5 or 6 g to keep down and into the next valley. It's what we all do! What's the big deal? (We've all done the A5 Pass!)
The article was not intended to impress serving or former service military fighter pilots with the prowess of the pilot's flying ability, it was written to excite wider public interest in the fact that the citizen of Britain's strongest ally, namely the United States, and the wife of a British Officer and Royal Navy fast jet pilot was being denied a visa to live with him in the UK.
The press did a good job. The visa was issued last night.
Incidentally very unusually the story was carried in a number of British newspapers during the course of the day. No doubt the editors recoiled in horror at the incompetence of the Home Office.
But please feel free to tell us more about your personal flying skills and experience. There are threads on this site where such stories are meat and potatoes.