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floppyjock
19th Sep 2006, 16:53
Check the link to see why you should give parachute sites a wide berth or at least call us
http://www.break.com/index/skydiving_near_miss.html
Go on who was it and where ?
Floppy
Papa Charlie
19th Sep 2006, 16:57
That's an old video that has been posted on here before! :ugh:
floppyjock
19th Sep 2006, 16:59
Sorry first time Ive seen it and Ive been around parachuting for a while.
Floppy
vintage ATCO
19th Sep 2006, 17:58
Sibson, 31 Jul 2004.
Despite an intense investigation including tracing every Chipmunk in those markings it was not possible to establish which acft and pilot were involved I believe.
Pitts2112
19th Sep 2006, 19:51
Skydiver should have had Mode S. Would've solved that problem.
floppyjock
20th Sep 2006, 13:45
Pilot should have had a map and know how to read it. Would've solved that problem.
Floppy
EGBKFLYER
20th Sep 2006, 14:25
I know the guy that happened to. Shame he doesn't get royalties for the video (and the shock he got!) - might be rich man by now...:}
'Chuffer' Dandridge
20th Sep 2006, 15:12
Based on the fact that that's at Sibson, I'd hazard a guess that it's the same airframe (Chippie in ex-RAF red/white markings) that I saw buzzing the Military Cemetary at Madingley (just outside Cambridge) around at, I'd guess, 200-300' agl (definitely breaking Rule 5, either way) this time last year, in decidedly skoshie weather conditions.
Well it's 26nm from Sibson to Madingley, but I wouldnt assume its the same aeroplane. There's at least 5 Red/White Chipmunks based at Duxford alone..
The offender at Sibson was never traced, otherwise I'm sure he would have had his collar felt by the CAA by now.:=
Maxflyer
20th Sep 2006, 15:23
I seem to recall he had also flown through the Cottesmore MATZ and several other ATZs without any contact being made. Lucky he was never caught.
TheKentishFledgling
20th Sep 2006, 16:52
TCAS is what they both need.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=244584
tKF
vintage ATCO
20th Sep 2006, 17:24
Like to see a parachutist respond to a TCAS RA to climb . . . . ;)
:eek::p:):)
An ex-colleague of mine had a close encounter of a similar nature... with a C-130 :uhoh: Reckons he saw the look of horror on the pilot's face (and vice-versa, as he would readily admit :} )
This was not in a sporting context, I must add.