Golfer attacks helicopter
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Golfer attacks helicopter
From today's Scotsman
An "Admonishment"! 
Obviously not a sufficient punishment or deterrent for this idiot.
Helicopter under golf ball attack
A GRANDFATHER yesterday promised to step up his campaign to reduce noise levels at a heliport and was unrepentant after an impromptu attempt to silence a helicopter by bombarding it with golf balls landed him in court.
Brian Rae, 58, grabbed his clubs, walked into the front garden next to the Scotia Helicopters site in Aberdeen - the world’s busiest commercial heliport - and began firing balls at a craft that had destroyed his peaceful Sunday morning.
Formerly a keen golfer, Mr Rae had been spurred to pick up his clubs for the first time since 1983 after the pilot of the helicopter woke him up at 5am and then ruined his attempts to play in the garden with his grandchildren by performing training manoeuvres overhead.
Last week, Aberdeen Sheriff Douglas Cusine admonished Mr Rae on a charge of acting recklessly.
Speaking from his home yesterday, he said: "One Sunday in April, I was woken up really early by the noise of the helicopter engines.
"It is not unusual for the racket to wake me up, but this time a helicopter had landed and there was no-one in it. The engine had been running for ages. The noise kept going round and round in my head, and I just lost it."
He added: "Eventually the pilot of the helicopter came over to inform me he was calling the police and they turned up at the front door that day.
"They told me they were charging me with reckless behaviour. I didn’t say anything to them and I certainly didn’t apologise - why should I?"
He added: "Fortunately, the sheriff had a sympathetic ear, but the noise is still the same."
Initially, Mr Rae was charged with hitting a taxiing chopper, but this was amended to hitting three balls into the Scotia Helicopters site.
At Aberdeen Sheriff Court last Thursday, Mr Rae’s defence agent, Peter Shepherd, told Sheriff Cusine that the accused had made a number of complaints to Aberdeen airport.
The oil worker yesterday promised to step up his campaign to reduce noise levels.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Scotia Helicopters said they were co-operating with residents in the area and would be addressing their concerns.
A GRANDFATHER yesterday promised to step up his campaign to reduce noise levels at a heliport and was unrepentant after an impromptu attempt to silence a helicopter by bombarding it with golf balls landed him in court.
Brian Rae, 58, grabbed his clubs, walked into the front garden next to the Scotia Helicopters site in Aberdeen - the world’s busiest commercial heliport - and began firing balls at a craft that had destroyed his peaceful Sunday morning.
Formerly a keen golfer, Mr Rae had been spurred to pick up his clubs for the first time since 1983 after the pilot of the helicopter woke him up at 5am and then ruined his attempts to play in the garden with his grandchildren by performing training manoeuvres overhead.
Last week, Aberdeen Sheriff Douglas Cusine admonished Mr Rae on a charge of acting recklessly.
Speaking from his home yesterday, he said: "One Sunday in April, I was woken up really early by the noise of the helicopter engines.
"It is not unusual for the racket to wake me up, but this time a helicopter had landed and there was no-one in it. The engine had been running for ages. The noise kept going round and round in my head, and I just lost it."
He added: "Eventually the pilot of the helicopter came over to inform me he was calling the police and they turned up at the front door that day.
"They told me they were charging me with reckless behaviour. I didn’t say anything to them and I certainly didn’t apologise - why should I?"
He added: "Fortunately, the sheriff had a sympathetic ear, but the noise is still the same."
Initially, Mr Rae was charged with hitting a taxiing chopper, but this was amended to hitting three balls into the Scotia Helicopters site.
At Aberdeen Sheriff Court last Thursday, Mr Rae’s defence agent, Peter Shepherd, told Sheriff Cusine that the accused had made a number of complaints to Aberdeen airport.
The oil worker yesterday promised to step up his campaign to reduce noise levels.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Scotia Helicopters said they were co-operating with residents in the area and would be addressing their concerns.
Obviously not a sufficient punishment or deterrent for this idiot.
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The article said he was an oil worker?
What a drop kick. He won't be so obnoxious when he has to take to boat to work.
Standard problem. If you don't like the noise don't build next to the airport and then complain.
What a drop kick. He won't be so obnoxious when he has to take to boat to work.
Standard problem. If you don't like the noise don't build next to the airport and then complain.
