Sydney Harbour Bridge: one law for them?
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In ag spraying in this country it is uncommon to fly OVER the wires. Feels much safer to stay down with your skids in the weeds that way you fly under all the wires, not just the ones you see.
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I'll follow you anywhere 'wg', as long as you stop turning off those Station Keeping Lights when I least expect it!! 
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Silsoesid and others - you missed my point - I was replying to the originator of this post and others who seem to believe that they have the right to do what others may appear to be doing without understanding the operational reasons/training that has gone into those that may have the authority to do what others can't/aren't permitted to do - if you follow my point!
PS I too am a twenty year veteran with a touch of war service and still fly EMS.
PS I too am a twenty year veteran with a touch of war service and still fly EMS.
Ummm... Eagle 86, you learnt to fly in the mid-60s, and despite your absence from flying for a year or two, you are still more than a 20-year veteran.
That old brain is worse than I thought it was! Drink more red wine, it stimulates the grey matter.
That old brain is worse than I thought it was! Drink more red wine, it stimulates the grey matter.
eagle86,
I think I'll lead the apologies - I misread your point. Sorry!
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Station-keeping lights are for wussies. Real-NVG-formation-on-a-Lynx involves keeping the lead Lynx instrument-panel "u/c lock" captions just above the skyline... OK, a different sort of Lynx from yours. Different job, too...
I think I'll lead the apologies - I misread your point. Sorry!
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Station-keeping lights are for wussies. Real-NVG-formation-on-a-Lynx involves keeping the lead Lynx instrument-panel "u/c lock" captions just above the skyline... OK, a different sort of Lynx from yours. Different job, too...
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As one who has spent more than his fair share of time flying under bridges (usually looking for some poor individual who jumped) I have discovered one nasty little 'gotcha'.
If your aircraft has a radalt fitted, watch out for the false returns bouncing back from the roof above you. Your radalt will over-read and, if you have it coupled to a height hold, it will pull you down rapidly as it tries to correct the error.
If your aircraft has a radalt fitted, watch out for the false returns bouncing back from the roof above you. Your radalt will over-read and, if you have it coupled to a height hold, it will pull you down rapidly as it tries to correct the error.
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Station-keeping lights are for wussies. Real-NVG-formation-on-a-Lynx involves keeping the lead Lynx instrument-panel "u/c lock" captions just above the skyline
LL flying in Germany was a hoot. Never go over a wire or bridge you could go under. I do recall being in a Lynx six-ship under some nice wires near Hilders.
...and never go above 150 feet...lest thee be smote by a German/American/British jet doing their equivalent of the LL thing. (Almost got cleaned up by a German Alpha Jet going past the Sennelager ranges on the way to the Bremen PX one day.)
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Below 150 ft
Military tactics have quite different objectives than civil ones.
Even as a civilian I was tought low level tactical flight by a military pilot in the french provence and I love it. But I am afraid it is not legal in the civil world.
d3
Even as a civilian I was tought low level tactical flight by a military pilot in the french provence and I love it. But I am afraid it is not legal in the civil world.
d3
