Considering most such cars are driven either by blonde bimbo trophy wives, or gay hairdressers, either way they would have thought it worth the wind-up

Perhaps the young lady in question should move to Sweden

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

Of course they did, having nothing more important to talk about.

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!


:p


They were aiming for a landing in a field nearby, hence its silence.

Another bloody tw*t is the last thing Milliband needs!

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.

I pay my taxes.
I want my flypasts and beat ups.

Can we NOT!!!

Can we have some on the helicopter route over Marlow? Perhaps we'd get free double glazing from the MoD :)

I vividly remember when flying low level that the sole topic of conversation was finding lone taxi drivers and scaring the BeJeezus out of them. I mean . . . what else could possibly interest you?

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?

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. :ok:

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
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No problem, I make that 152.5 feet altitude so well within low flying limits:ok:

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 :E

Oi - I resemble that remark! :\

This did ring a bell somewhat and I was going to apologise. But then you said the farmer's field dropped away and that the aircraft was level with you. I'd have been below you so it wasn't me... ;)

This Herc was 250ft above the main road below. I took this photo from a carpark on a forestry road. It's all relative.

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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 :ugh: !!) and he boiled with rage at how much he's pissed off!!!
Somehow I don't think his customers mind :p

BW

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 . . .

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! ;)