Herc Crew in low flying shocker!
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Back in the early 80s I travelled to work on my motor bike from Taunton to Glastonbury. On a good number of occasions I use to get 'buzzed' from a military helicopter very very low passing overhead. I'm sure they were doing this for fun in the early morning.
Eventually when I heard the helicopter above and behind me I gave a two finger salute and on occasions I got one back from the left side of cockpit. I'm sure they must have discussed at the pre flight briefing about winding me up.
Daz
Eventually when I heard the helicopter above and behind me I gave a two finger salute and on occasions I got one back from the left side of cockpit. I'm sure they must have discussed at the pre flight briefing about winding me up.
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Eventually when I heard the helicopter above and behind me I gave a two finger salute and on occasions I got one back from the left side of cockpit. I'm sure they must have discussed at the pre flight briefing about winding me up.
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Here is one cute flyby told by a friend.
He was at his house just coming out of the pool when he heard:
"How's the water !?"
He looked left, right & behind trying to figure out who was talking to him.
Before realizing that was someone inside a hot balloon 20 feet above him!
They were aiming for a landing in a field nearby, hence its silence.
He was at his house just coming out of the pool when he heard:
"How's the water !?"
He looked left, right & behind trying to figure out who was talking to him.
Before realizing that was someone inside a hot balloon 20 feet above him!
They were aiming for a landing in a field nearby, hence its silence.
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Speaking as a civvy who has a home on Wigtown Bay, you are more than welcome down my way.
On a couple of occasions I have posted on here to thank the guys invovled for the fly past.
Earlier this year there was an Albert running in and out of West Freugh. Good to see them at eye level running up the bay.
Long may it continue. For what it is worth, most people appreciate your appearance.
On a couple of occasions I have posted on here to thank the guys invovled for the fly past.
Earlier this year there was an Albert running in and out of West Freugh. Good to see them at eye level running up the bay.
Long may it continue. For what it is worth, most people appreciate your appearance.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dengue_Dude
Were you there? How could you possibly call it irresponsible? From your tone, I reckon you'd not see much with your head so firmly up 'there'.
But I respect the hell out of you . . . *How am I doing?
*Closing ranks, like the rest of them.
Originally Posted by Dengue_Dude
Were you there? How could you possibly call it irresponsible? From your tone, I reckon you'd not see much with your head so firmly up 'there'.
But I respect the hell out of you . . . *How am I doing?
*Closing ranks, like the rest of them.
The reason I'm 'closing ranks' Avitor is that I was one. Then I look at comments from morons like you and wonder why we bother. What ARE you doing in a military aviation website . . . trolling?
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Don't get upset by him DD, h's possibly one of those twits who buys a house just off the end of the runway then plays merry hell about all the noise and inconvenience caused by those nasty, intrusive aircraft and pleading ignorance of the existence of the airfield (only built during WW1) before he bought his property. I wonder what he would say should a child of his be injured on duty in a hostile area and require airlifting out of the place but died, or was permanently, seriously damaged because the pilots of the aircraft appropriate for the situation didn't have the necessary skills to conduct the evacuation thanks to opinions such as his. 
Carry on low flying ladies and gentlemen, it's great to be able to see just how skilled our RAF pilots are. You have my coordinates for the Burrow, feel free to use them for low flying practice as often as you like and if I'm at home I'll be out there cheering you on as will Bryn the Sheepdog.
Carry on low flying ladies and gentlemen, it's great to be able to see just how skilled our RAF pilots are. You have my coordinates for the Burrow, feel free to use them for low flying practice as often as you like and if I'm at home I'll be out there cheering you on as will Bryn the Sheepdog.
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One from back in March over St Marys Loch.
The shock of anything passing the hill I'm sitting on is always welcomed by me
DSC_0867J by ed.evans75, on Flickr
The shock of anything passing the hill I'm sitting on is always welcomed by me
DSC_0867J by ed.evans75, on Flickr
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Bless you guys, thanks DX Wombat . . . I think my slip showed for a minute back there.
People like that really do piss me off and I should Know better.
Perhaps the baby could be called 'Buzz', or 'Albert' perhaps
People like that really do piss me off and I should Know better.
Perhaps the baby could be called 'Buzz', or 'Albert' perhaps
Avoid imitations
This thread has reminded me of being beaten up by a Puma sometime in the summer of '91 (possibly '92).
I was driving my new XR2, sunroof open, windows down and I think about 95mph (pushing 100) on the clock. I was on a section of road (probably the B390) a few miles past Stonehenge where a few feet to my right the farmers field drops away.
Pushing a 100 with the windows down in an XR2 generates a LOT of wind noise, with the stereo full on I am still not sure I could hear any music. Anyway given all that wind noise I still heard the rotors of the Puma and thought WTF is that. Glanced to by right to see a PUMA level with me!!! and maybe 2 rotor disc away.
I was driving my new XR2, sunroof open, windows down and I think about 95mph (pushing 100) on the clock. I was on a section of road (probably the B390) a few miles past Stonehenge where a few feet to my right the farmers field drops away.
Pushing a 100 with the windows down in an XR2 generates a LOT of wind noise, with the stereo full on I am still not sure I could hear any music. Anyway given all that wind noise I still heard the rotors of the Puma and thought WTF is that. Glanced to by right to see a PUMA level with me!!! and maybe 2 rotor disc away.
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This Herc was 250ft above the main road below. I took this photo from a carpark on a forestry road. It's all relative.
The civvies in the village below this Herc in the Loop have some fantastical stories about low flying. After going here on busmans holidays over the past 11 years I've become friends with most of them and after many debates at the bar they've just about come to accept the purpose of low flying and the 'Rules' of the LFA .
I still get stories like the one recently from the local undertaker who said he seen a Chinook fly by his window level with him (his house is on the side of a mountain
!!) and he boiled with rage at how much he's pissed off!!!
Somehow I don't think his customers mind
BW
The civvies in the village below this Herc in the Loop have some fantastical stories about low flying. After going here on busmans holidays over the past 11 years I've become friends with most of them and after many debates at the bar they've just about come to accept the purpose of low flying and the 'Rules' of the LFA .
I still get stories like the one recently from the local undertaker who said he seen a Chinook fly by his window level with him (his house is on the side of a mountain
!!) and he boiled with rage at how much he's pissed off!!!Somehow I don't think his customers mind
BW
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Common misnomer. People often think it's only height when in fact it's MSD - minimum separation distance (to the uninformed) which amounts to a 'thou shalt not impinge upon' bubble around the aircraft. i.e. laterally as well as below.
However, if you're up the side of a hill and Albert et al is IN the valley, then you'll see it below you.
When we flew low level through Snake Pass in trail, we were looking up at the road. However, we were operating at 250' MSD, ergo, we were legal. I daresay each driver thought we were operating too low - probably where Avitor comes into the equation (unless he's just being a tw*t).
Additionally, there are certain designated areas where fixed wing can go to 150' MSD and helicopters to 50' MSD.
A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing . . .
However, if you're up the side of a hill and Albert et al is IN the valley, then you'll see it below you.
When we flew low level through Snake Pass in trail, we were looking up at the road. However, we were operating at 250' MSD, ergo, we were legal. I daresay each driver thought we were operating too low - probably where Avitor comes into the equation (unless he's just being a tw*t).
Additionally, there are certain designated areas where fixed wing can go to 150' MSD and helicopters to 50' MSD.
A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing . . .
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I remember a fighter affiliation exercise using the Wessex. Some farmer complained that the word "Michelin" was imprinted on one of his sheep. Not us...., we were using Firestones!
