50 feet utter madness
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50 feet utter madness
After reading XX621's post I felt I could keep it to myself no longer, I was sitting outside the pub the other day when a single engined aeroplane flew over so low you could see the pilots inside and it made such a noise it must have been directly over a school which is next to the pub very very low.
Is this normal aviation practice?? ............ oh yeah the pub was the Battle Axes and its on the end of the runway at EGTR lol
Is this normal aviation practice?? ............ oh yeah the pub was the Battle Axes and its on the end of the runway at EGTR lol
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Depends on the weather...
If the pub is at the end of the runway, what would you expect? A plane doesn't gain height rapidly when it has a small engine.
Although, I do wonder how planning was approved for the pub/runway.
If the pub is at the end of the runway, what would you expect? A plane doesn't gain height rapidly when it has a small engine.
Although, I do wonder how planning was approved for the pub/runway.
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May I suggest that in order to save yourself from what must have been a terrifying experience that you try the 3 Compasses instead of the Battle Axes? From memory, there were enough distractions there (especially during the summer) to ensure that you wouldn't notice any low flying that occurs (of the aviation type anyway
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So low you could see the pilots inside!
Oh...dear Me!
We're Doomed I tell ya....Doomed!
Let's see here....average person's vision....clear skies ( I was sitting outside the Pub your Honour...)...well...golly gee!
A quarter mile that could be I reckon....or could one be a bit more specific.
From the arrival end of the runway....what was the lateral distance from the extended centerline and how far from the threshold marks would this have been?
Does it not strike one as odd...that an airplane in the process of landing might get close to things and folks on the ground?
Do you wet yer pants when an articulated lorry passes the side of your auto going the other way at some great speed or is it just airplanes that cause you these anxiety attacks?
Oh...dear Me!
We're Doomed I tell ya....Doomed!
Let's see here....average person's vision....clear skies ( I was sitting outside the Pub your Honour...)...well...golly gee!
A quarter mile that could be I reckon....or could one be a bit more specific.
From the arrival end of the runway....what was the lateral distance from the extended centerline and how far from the threshold marks would this have been?
Does it not strike one as odd...that an airplane in the process of landing might get close to things and folks on the ground?
Do you wet yer pants when an articulated lorry passes the side of your auto going the other way at some great speed or is it just airplanes that cause you these anxiety attacks?
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"it made such a noise it must have been directly over a school...."
what, an echo from a very noisy school off the wings, or is there a school detector fitted that turns on the loud switch as you fly overhead?
what, an echo from a very noisy school off the wings, or is there a school detector fitted that turns on the loud switch as you fly overhead?
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They're all still jumping right into the keep net....... even though they've been told in nice pictures.
A couple might be a bit undersize but that SASless looks like a big one.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JBb9OgKH4Yk
A couple might be a bit undersize but that SASless looks like a big one.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JBb9OgKH4Yk
Hovering AND talking
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From: Propping up bars in the Lands of D H Lawrence and Bishop Bonner
or is there a school detector fitted that turns on the loud switch as you fly overhead?
Brave Crash Pilot Saves Hundreds of Lives As He Narrowly Misses School
The pilot has a school detector fitted so that when he is going through his emergency checks after the engine has quit, he can take avoiding action.
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In my younger days I spent many happy hours in and outside the Battle Axes.....and I'd say the darned flybhoys and girls in their aerial machines were lower than 50 ft! Why, I'd swear that on occasions they'd shout down their orders as they passed, only to join us a few minutes later.
3 Compasses were none too bad neither.
3 Compasses were none too bad neither.
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From: Wandering the FIR and cyberspace often at highly unsociable times
The first two are real; the last one is a composite.
Which means they are less of a windup than the post CBS put here in the first place.
Which means they are less of a windup than the post CBS put here in the first place.
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Approach to SXM
A few heavy-planks on approach!
http://www.caribbeanalpa.com/sxm/index.shtml
The Harvards on water can be seen here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcu3G...eature=related
Enjoy!
http://www.caribbeanalpa.com/sxm/index.shtml
The Harvards on water can be seen here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcu3G...eature=related
Enjoy!
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ShyTorque
I know.
After seeing some of the stuff Ken posts around the forums I just wondered if he did. 
Good thread about the Harvards here -- http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=212917
B.
I know.
After seeing some of the stuff Ken posts around the forums
I just wondered if he did. Good thread about the Harvards here -- http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=212917
B.
