Near miss over The Hammers???
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Seloco... But are any of the professional pilots and controllers on here really interested in ProfY's deliberations? I'm not. The radar recording proved that everything was safe; that's more than good enough for me. You could spend a whole lifetime photographing aircraft and "proving" they were dangerously close but pilots and controllers trust their equipment, not snaps taken by somebody who possibly had no knowledge of aviation. Even those with years of aviation experience cannot determine vertical separation from the ground using their eyes.
For Lordy's sake let this drop... it ISN'T a story.
For Lordy's sake let this drop... it ISN'T a story.
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Sadly, HD, the deluge of emotional rantings from many posters on this topic, several evidently from "professional pilots and controllers", indicated an apparent unwillingness to acknowledge a properly analytical approach to disproving the press's populist promotion of a dramatic series of photographs. I think that is unfortunate, but you are right, this "story" is now well past its sell-by date and should be laid to Pprune-rest!
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Surprised no-one's mentioned IFR Quadrantal Rule Separation of 500' in class G airspace thus far...........
Vale of York in the 70s/80s would have given telephoto journs a field day!!!
Vale of York in the 70s/80s would have given telephoto journs a field day!!!
Dateline 11 Feb: Lots of 'near misses' over Craven Cottage with helicopters only 2000ft from jumbo jets (vertically that is)
(Fulham 6 - West Bromwich Albion 1 !)
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Off to the Reebock for a bit of plane spotting and revenge for the White Horse Final on Saturday. Come to think of it how come no one ever gets near miss pictures at the JJB? Its right under the Mersy hold.
