Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty.. And Low Flying Jets
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From: England
I can see Apperley clock tower, Clee hill and the Malverns from my bedroom window. I bet you're impressed.
Sad as I am I noted last week two Apaches chugging north at about 2,000ft means that the only RAF in service aircraft I have never seen in these parts is a Tucano. Rare as hens teeth they are over the skies of Worcestershire. Would it help if I wrote something offensive on the roof of my farm shed?
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Sad as I am I noted last week two Apaches chugging north at about 2,000ft means that the only RAF in service aircraft I have never seen in these parts is a Tucano. Rare as hens teeth they are over the skies of Worcestershire. Would it help if I wrote something offensive on the roof of my farm shed?
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From: SW
In reply to the OP,
Yes there are rules (lots) on low flying in the military. Some of them can be found in the public domain now.
http://www.maa.mod.uk/linkedfiles/re...ies/ra2330.pdf
(if you're really bored.)
Reference to the point I think that HKCP was asking about gliding clear etc, that doesn't apply to twin or more engined military aircraft because the requirement is basically to not crash on someone's house if an engine fails.
I've flown through Worcs on a few occasions, there is more interesting flying over the border in Herefordshire. After you've done it a few times it's only a bit more interesting than the M5.
I do like views of the Malverns though. You have to be quite careful flying near them as it can be quite an active paraglider site.
SOL.
Yes there are rules (lots) on low flying in the military. Some of them can be found in the public domain now.
http://www.maa.mod.uk/linkedfiles/re...ies/ra2330.pdf
(if you're really bored.)
Reference to the point I think that HKCP was asking about gliding clear etc, that doesn't apply to twin or more engined military aircraft because the requirement is basically to not crash on someone's house if an engine fails.
I've flown through Worcs on a few occasions, there is more interesting flying over the border in Herefordshire. After you've done it a few times it's only a bit more interesting than the M5.
I do like views of the Malverns though. You have to be quite careful flying near them as it can be quite an active paraglider site.
SOL.
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From: West London
On the subject of 'writing things on the roof', and the mention of location 'X' in the low-flying map mentioned earlier ...
does anyone know why there is some English graffiti on the roof of one of the hangars at the French air-base at Cazaux in south-western France? It's an English word or phrase, so I imagine that it must have been done by a Brit; it's quite easily visible on Google Earth when you zoom-in.
does anyone know why there is some English graffiti on the roof of one of the hangars at the French air-base at Cazaux in south-western France? It's an English word or phrase, so I imagine that it must have been done by a Brit; it's quite easily visible on Google Earth when you zoom-in.
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From: Mos Eisley
Would it help if I wrote something offensive on the roof of my farm shed?
JP5s are rocket ships
They are flown by real hot sh!ts
And they make a noise like this
ROOOAAARRRRR
Tucanos are children's toys
They are flown by little boys
And they make a silly noise
Neeeeeeeee
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From: Newport
Malvern has always had military aircraft flying in and around it, when I was a kid there were quite a number of Canberra aircraft flying out of RRE Pershore as well as their Viscount and Hastings. Always had Jet Provosts and Gnats from Little Rissington and Harriers passing through as well. Quite often see aircraft pass through between the hills usually coming from the Hereford side and out into the Severn Valley. Earliest recollection I have is a fleet of Argosy's low level over our house on the outskirts of Malvern so low I could see the crew on the flight deck, I must have been 6 or 7 when they came through.
Also witnessed the bang of the Jaguar ejection one lunchtime when on a test flight from Abingdon after servicing it speared in not far from the RSRE site at Malvern.
Also witnessed the bang of the Jaguar ejection one lunchtime when on a test flight from Abingdon after servicing it speared in not far from the RSRE site at Malvern.
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From: Cotswolds
Originally Posted by HKCP
Hello all,
I was on my walk home from the train station earlier today when in the distance I saw a very large low flying air, which, after a squint and a second or two, actually turned out to be a Herc (at a stab I'd say a 382).
Suddenly, all my memories of seeing various different military aircraft shooting around rushed back to me..
For reference, I live in Worcestershire, in a small town called Malvern to be exact. Malvern's particularly well known for its hills, which span out about 8 miles and have a summit of about half a kilometre - these hills are great for walking on and sightseeing (and flying fast jets over, apparently).
I've seen numerous Tornados, Wookas (Which was so low I could probably recognise the bloody pilot) and even one or two Typhoons in the past, not forgetting the Hawk which did a great job of scaring me half to death when I let the dog out in the morning. These jets are always doing low level flights over and around the hills, I could only imagine that the terrain was appropriate for training pilots up for tour? But never the less, still very impressive.
Has anyone been over or around the Worcestershire area? It would be cool to hear some points of view from the pilots.
HKCP
I was on my walk home from the train station earlier today when in the distance I saw a very large low flying air, which, after a squint and a second or two, actually turned out to be a Herc (at a stab I'd say a 382).
Suddenly, all my memories of seeing various different military aircraft shooting around rushed back to me..
For reference, I live in Worcestershire, in a small town called Malvern to be exact. Malvern's particularly well known for its hills, which span out about 8 miles and have a summit of about half a kilometre - these hills are great for walking on and sightseeing (and flying fast jets over, apparently).
I've seen numerous Tornados, Wookas (Which was so low I could probably recognise the bloody pilot) and even one or two Typhoons in the past, not forgetting the Hawk which did a great job of scaring me half to death when I let the dog out in the morning. These jets are always doing low level flights over and around the hills, I could only imagine that the terrain was appropriate for training pilots up for tour? But never the less, still very impressive.
Has anyone been over or around the Worcestershire area? It would be cool to hear some points of view from the pilots.
HKCP
