Herc Crew in low flying shocker!
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Herc Crew in low flying shocker!
Low-flying fright - Dumfries and Galloway Standard
Probably tried after 1700 or at the weekend!! 
“My eldest daughter Kelly-Ann was sitting in the passenger seat. She’s 39-weeks pregnant and the shock could have put her into labour.
“That would have been fun and games.”
Mr Martin, aged 50, now plans to report the incident in writing to the RAF.
He added: “I phoned the police and was given two phone numbers for the RAF but haven’t been able to get through.
“That would have been fun and games.”
Mr Martin, aged 50, now plans to report the incident in writing to the RAF.
He added: “I phoned the police and was given two phone numbers for the RAF but haven’t been able to get through.
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No rules were broken - it seems.
RAF spokesman said:
No doubt it looked a whole lot lower than 150 feet but I know of no-one who can measure height from the ground up.
Maybe just another NIMBY.
“This region is a designated Tactical Training Area within the UK’s Low Flying System and the aircraft was therefore cleared to fly at altitudes down to 150 feet at times.
Maybe just another NIMBY.
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Must admit I have been given a fright when a tonka has gone screaming over the top from behind me on that road. My only reaction afterwards was to look for the second one.
And in my lorry driving days when things were alot busier in respect to mil training low level I did see several near misses when drivers got a bit of a fright on the M74 with usually jets.
I know this might be a bit of a spoil sport but maybe 150ft over the main arterial road up to Scotland isn't that good an idea. Mind you its been going on for years and there hasn't been an issue before. Everyone screams up that bit of road doing well over the speed limit and its not known to be an accident hotspot.
Nothing that a few signs wouldn't solve though.
And in my lorry driving days when things were alot busier in respect to mil training low level I did see several near misses when drivers got a bit of a fright on the M74 with usually jets.
I know this might be a bit of a spoil sport but maybe 150ft over the main arterial road up to Scotland isn't that good an idea. Mind you its been going on for years and there hasn't been an issue before. Everyone screams up that bit of road doing well over the speed limit and its not known to be an accident hotspot.
Nothing that a few signs wouldn't solve though.
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Find the nut case pilot and ground him.
Sure, let him/her go into theatre to fly at low level with no training or practice. Great idea.
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As a matter of interest what are those pillocks in the SNP saying about the trainning areas up north. In the unlikely event they get a yes vote are they going to be off limits as well?
If so thats going to be huge amounts of training areas gone.
If so thats going to be huge amounts of training areas gone.
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Reminds me of the way that 30 years or so ago the Buccaneers used to play chicken with trains on the West Coast Main Line over Tebay / Shap.
Story goes that so many drivers went off with stress that BR had to make an official complaint to the RAF to stop the drivers striking
If you're driving a train you can't exactly swerve to avoid a head on collision...
Story goes that so many drivers went off with stress that BR had to make an official complaint to the RAF to stop the drivers striking
If you're driving a train you can't exactly swerve to avoid a head on collision...
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The RAF also has a duty of care to ensure its crews are properly trained for their operational role. I too hope there will be a thorough investigation. It shouldn't take longer than a couple of days to pull the radar traces and compare those to the auth sheets and then this will be seen for what it really is - another vexatious attempt to screw money out of the government by somebody who clearly has no concept of what the military exists for, but instead sees the opportunity to make a fast buck.
The RAF also has a duty of care to ensure its crews are properly trained for their operational role. I too hope there will be a thorough investigation. It shouldn't take longer than a couple of days to pull the radar traces and compare those to the auth sheets and then this will be seen for what it really is - another vexatious attempt to screw money out of the government by somebody who clearly has no concept of what the military exists for, but instead sees the opportunity to make a fast buck.
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Yes, Basil...I note my post has been deleted, perhaps it was somewhat blunt! Maybe I should have inquired as to what the crew of a Herc were going to learn from low flying over a busy motorway. Prior to Desert Storm I saw US tank busters dive bombing tractors working in fields, I saw the benefits of that excercise but a Motorway and a Herc? Maybe I am missing something?
Well, I live in Dumfries and Galloway and have seen the Hercs and others low flying. All looks legal to me!
Just not low enough and not enough of them!!
Well done boys
You can use my house as a target any time your passing! Love it when the neighbours think I still have mates in the RAF and have organised them to fly over the village!!
Just not low enough and not enough of them!!
Well done boys
You can use my house as a target any time your passing! Love it when the neighbours think I still have mates in the RAF and have organised them to fly over the village!!