Monocock
20th Apr 2004, 09:48
I have been slightly confused for sometime as to the rules applying to fixed wing a/c flying over prisons.
If the minimum height is set on the chart as, say, 2000 ft and there is no note saying that it is helicopter applicable only, what are the authorities really afraid of?
Realistically, what are they expecting? I don't reckon the average spamcan pilot could drop a rope ladder out the door of his 172 as he flew over, pick up a man dressed in "arrow" style pyjamas and then whisk him off.:hmm: (If he managed it the poor prisoner would end up being a permanent knuckle dragger for the rest of his life as the slack was taken up)
Or are they concerned about people dropping hacksaws etc as they pass over? If so, I reckon I could get a hacksaw into the boundary fence from 2000 ft anyway so I'm a little thrown by the whole job really.
And before anyone asks if I'm planning to get a relative out of the nick......I'm not :\
If the minimum height is set on the chart as, say, 2000 ft and there is no note saying that it is helicopter applicable only, what are the authorities really afraid of?
Realistically, what are they expecting? I don't reckon the average spamcan pilot could drop a rope ladder out the door of his 172 as he flew over, pick up a man dressed in "arrow" style pyjamas and then whisk him off.:hmm: (If he managed it the poor prisoner would end up being a permanent knuckle dragger for the rest of his life as the slack was taken up)
Or are they concerned about people dropping hacksaws etc as they pass over? If so, I reckon I could get a hacksaw into the boundary fence from 2000 ft anyway so I'm a little thrown by the whole job really.
And before anyone asks if I'm planning to get a relative out of the nick......I'm not :\