Gyrocopter involved in murder charge
For Horse people.....I sure hear some silly comments!
Plain language....Horses run around looking for something to be scared of!
Mules for instance are far more sure footed and are no where as prone to go ape s**t for no good reason.
Just as flying has its inherent risks so does riding horses.
Humans have been thrown from horses from the very first day they began riding the things and will continue to be thrown and thrown for all manner of reasons.
Trying to blame horse's desire to buck and bolt on flying machines is just flat silly.
I found the English Horseman's mindset confusing based upon exposure to them years ago. A pack of them were riding down the paved road and got all snotty whenever approached by a car at any speed or proximity.
That observation was made based upon several weekends while sat at a country pub and watching the antics for entertainment.
Plain language....Horses run around looking for something to be scared of!
Mules for instance are far more sure footed and are no where as prone to go ape s**t for no good reason.
Just as flying has its inherent risks so does riding horses.
Humans have been thrown from horses from the very first day they began riding the things and will continue to be thrown and thrown for all manner of reasons.
Trying to blame horse's desire to buck and bolt on flying machines is just flat silly.
I found the English Horseman's mindset confusing based upon exposure to them years ago. A pack of them were riding down the paved road and got all snotty whenever approached by a car at any speed or proximity.
That observation was made based upon several weekends while sat at a country pub and watching the antics for entertainment.
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Sorry, Bert.....but I do not wish to go there
Pilot may have been showing his ass, but on a place of danger even in the best circumstances. Probably the main reason he was not charged by anyone and civil suit went down the toilet.
I know those who were there so I do not wish to go there also.
In this case you cant fix stupid.
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Trying to blame horse's desire to buck and bolt on flying machines is just flat silly
Horses, and livestock in general, do become accustomed to disturbance. Here in the South of England, where helicopter low flying is a normal everyday occurrence, horses and other livestock quickly get used to the noise.
The one thing that I know really does spook even a well-acclimatised horse, is the sudden arrival of something noisy. If they hear it coming from afar, they seem not to be particularly perturbed as a rule.
We've lost livestock (cattle) from being spooked. They've run into fences en masse and suffered severe injuries, usually badly torn udders from running into barbed wire. The main culprits have been very low flying military jets, which appear to come from nowhere, although the occasional very, very low flying Chinook has caused the odd problem.
Generally, if aircraft stay above about 1000 to 1500ft I really don't think most animals will be too bothered, although I certainly believe that we are well-advised (in the interest of being good neighbours) to keep as far away from livestock as we reasonably can.
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The one thing that I know really does spook even a well-acclimatised horse, is the sudden arrival of something noisy. If they hear it coming from afar, they seem not to be particularly perturbed as a rule.
We've lost livestock (cattle) from being spooked. They've run into fences en masse and suffered severe injuries, usually badly torn udders from running into barbed wire. The main culprits have been very low flying military jets, which appear to come from nowhere, although the occasional very, very low flying Chinook has caused the odd problem.
Generally, if aircraft stay above about 1000 to 1500ft I really don't think most animals will be too bothered, although I certainly believe that we are well-advised (in the interest of being good neighbours) to keep as far away from livestock as we reasonably can.
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bast0n,
That is Ex-Colonial if you please.
Recall, we asked you very nicely to leave and after a bit of debate , we showed you and your Hessian friends to the door and handed you your hat and coat.
That is Ex-Colonial if you please.
Recall, we asked you very nicely to leave and after a bit of debate , we showed you and your Hessian friends to the door and handed you your hat and coat.
I thought the post by JanetGeorge illuminating.
They are fairly stupid creatures (horses, not girls), less controllable than a motor cycle but just as exhilarating to ride.
Like a motor bike they'll buck, they'll top end you, bite you, trash you BUT, I've never ridden a bike which refuses to pass a kid's bicycle lying on the road, or is upset by a kid up a nearby tree or won't start despite being in as new condition and fully fuelled or which goes faster on the way home or apropos nothing just stands on your foot.
. . or perhaps, as a pretty rubbish rider of both, it's just me
They are fairly stupid creatures (horses, not girls), less controllable than a motor cycle but just as exhilarating to ride.
Like a motor bike they'll buck, they'll top end you, bite you, trash you BUT, I've never ridden a bike which refuses to pass a kid's bicycle lying on the road, or is upset by a kid up a nearby tree or won't start despite being in as new condition and fully fuelled or which goes faster on the way home or apropos nothing just stands on your foot.
. . or perhaps, as a pretty rubbish rider of both, it's just me
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Yes, you did. And it got deleted, just as, hopefully, it will get deleted again!!
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Bringing this back OT. I'm told that the video is horribly clear. The aircraft set off, from a standstill, towards him, and mowed him down head-on. The aircraft passenger is a well-known animal rights activist with a long and repulsive list of convictions.
The video was shot by a third anti, who was doing a ground support/handling role.
The video was shot by a third anti, who was doing a ground support/handling role.
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Sorry - off topic and my bold...
Have to eh? Hard life for some 
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Hmmmm....bearing in mind the cost of props and rotor blades ,would any sane person risk deliberately damaging them ??
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bearing in mind the cost of props and rotor blades ,would any sane person risk deliberately damaging them ??
Would any sane person decapitate another?If what is rumoured is true, then the cost of his blades was not top of his priority list; neither was the consequences of taking another man's life so violently.
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It takes two to fight!
Just because you decide to jump into a well does not mean the Good Lord is bound to fetch you out!
Either/Both parties involved could have avoided this event by using a bit of commonsense.
I fault both of them equally in that regard.
Perhaps both sides in the Hunt/No-Hunt camps will take note of the loss of a life and come to their senses otherwise this will not be the last person killed or maimed as a result of gross stupidity on both sides.
Just because you decide to jump into a well does not mean the Good Lord is bound to fetch you out!
Either/Both parties involved could have avoided this event by using a bit of commonsense.
I fault both of them equally in that regard.
Perhaps both sides in the Hunt/No-Hunt camps will take note of the loss of a life and come to their senses otherwise this will not be the last person killed or maimed as a result of gross stupidity on both sides.
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I haven't read the whole of this topic as I don't have that much free time. Have tried to get through the majority of the 'neutral' information and ignore the 'obviously biassed' where possible. This leads me to the question of how on earth will it be possible to get a 'neutral' jury if this is going to court as a murder trial. From those who have posted on here, I would suggest the majority have a view which is already biassed because of their existing views on hunting.
SASless,
Unless proved otherwise, the hunt were going about their lawful business and appear to have been harrassed by people who once hid behind the shield of 'animal welfare'. They no longer have that excuse and clearly just HATE 'toffs on horses'.
Perhaps both sides in the Hunt/No-Hunt camps will take note of the loss of a life and come to their senses otherwise this will not be the last person killed or maimed as a result of gross stupidity on both sides.
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Bringing this back OT. I'm told that the video is horribly clear. The aircraft set off, from a standstill, towards him, and mowed him down head-on.
Long Marston airfield - ICAO code EGBL, and its in the vfr flight guides as a long establish airfield.
Subject to adhering to the operational legalities of the ANO, any aircraft can be used to monitor activities. The Antis may have had a good reason to check the activities of this particular hunt, acting on information they have received. Radar equipped Fishery protection and quota monitoring aircraft are low flying daily, gathering shipping information for possible infringements and prosecution. So why not a hunt surveillance fleet, paid for by the government, if police authorities claim their budgets will not allow them to do this work? Gathering evidence by use of any aerial or ground platform is perfectly legal. That the subject(s) being filmed won't like it, is another matter. The Courts and the Government ask for evidence of wrong-doing before they will act. How is one to obtain said evidence? Especially if the Police, as servants of the Law will not act?
There is an assumption being made here (and elsewhere) that the Gyro 'buzzed' the hunt. This conjures up scenes of James Bond and Little Nellie zipping through the hedgerows, guns a blazing, which some newspaper reporters would have the casual reader believe. Did it? I don't know. Was it following the hunt at a legal height? I don't know, I was not there. Were you? The pilot will be aware of the height rules and would be a fool to break them in this situation, where he knows witnesses are present. The Government have said they want evidence: this is one legitimate way to gather such evidence; the Police could have used their helicopter, but they appear to prefer to leave it to others to gather evidence for them - conveniently at other people's expense. Would the hunt complain about the police aerial surveillance of their activities? After all such aerial and ground monitoring of crowds takes place, for example, every weekend at top league football matches.
As to monitor events. The Police air support units and other agencies do this everyday of the week 24/7/365. Bringing it down to ground level, we are surrounded by CCTV cameras checking how many times we sneeze. No Nigelh, if the Police cannot or more likely, will not, monitor all activities to gather evidence, not just hunting related, then it is left to the individual or others to do the work the police are paid to do. Just like a friend of mine has installed CCTV overlooking the neighbourhood area he resides in which, for 10 years of police in-action, has been the scene of drug dealing. Despite residents informing the local police and passing on car registrations, nothing has been done (10 years). With the installation of private initiative CCTV, the dealers and customers (in their nice Bentleys, Range Rovers etc) moved elsewhere, when confronted and informed of the CCTV monitoring. Now it is someone else's problem in a different area. Meanwhile the Chief Constable had other things on his mind.
Aerial monitoring has been around for decades. Local councils use this to check on illegal buildings in your back gardens which do not have planning consent. The tax man uses it to check on local farmers who are storing caravans over winter and not declaring their income for doing so - and I know of one girl who is employed full time by the Revenue just to read newspaper adverts and follow up as a pretend caravanner to see if the farmers are declaring their additional income. Aerial monitoring is and has been a fact of life since the Battlefields of WWI and earlier. Some here say it is a form of harassment. Then so is a gang of policemen manning revenue earning speed traps cameras - harassed motorists of course being easy pickings, unlike having to expend police funds to deal with drug dealers.
Talking of heated revenge, anyone recall the incident when the Merseyside Police helicopter was set on fire on the main terminal apron at Liverpool Airport, by the bad guys it had been monitoring? Similarly a parked helicopter, identical to the one in use by the Manchester police at the time, was peppered with gun shot whilst parked at Barton airfield - only it was not the police machine, but a night-stopping private owner, who happened to have a similar machine. It is not only 'height' that people cannot get right.
This video may be of interest.
Basil,
Excuse me but when did the airfield become a part of the hunt site?
The man drove cross country to beard the pilot at his aircraft did he not?
ANW,
Despite agreeing with most of what you said....just why is it imperative for anti-hunters to perform aerial surveillance upon the Hunt? If they have a complaint then call the Police.
If they are worried about animals being killed perhaps they could save far more by getting involved in rescuing abandoned domestic critters that are facing the death penalty if not adopted.
Excuse me but when did the airfield become a part of the hunt site?
The man drove cross country to beard the pilot at his aircraft did he not?
ANW,
Despite agreeing with most of what you said....just why is it imperative for anti-hunters to perform aerial surveillance upon the Hunt? If they have a complaint then call the Police.
If they are worried about animals being killed perhaps they could save far more by getting involved in rescuing abandoned domestic critters that are facing the death penalty if not adopted.
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Who are we to judge on hearsay of what is on a video?
The way thing are told leave as much impression as the words themselves.
The aircraft set off, from a standstill, towards him, and mowed him down head-on. The aircraft passenger is a well-known animal rights activist with a long and repulsive list of convictions.
Was the engine already running? Did it start off on the taxi way? Was the intention to avoid the upcoming fight and take off? How much time elapsed from the moment the gyro started moving till the collision occurred? Did either party take avoidance action? Did the terrain allow for avoiding action?
Or was it how the wording was selected above?
It s a horrible situation but neither the hunter nor the hunted should be convicted at this time
The way thing are told leave as much impression as the words themselves.
The aircraft set off, from a standstill, towards him, and mowed him down head-on. The aircraft passenger is a well-known animal rights activist with a long and repulsive list of convictions.
Was the engine already running? Did it start off on the taxi way? Was the intention to avoid the upcoming fight and take off? How much time elapsed from the moment the gyro started moving till the collision occurred? Did either party take avoidance action? Did the terrain allow for avoiding action?
Or was it how the wording was selected above?
It s a horrible situation but neither the hunter nor the hunted should be convicted at this time
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Perhaps both sides in the Hunt/No-Hunt camps will take note of the loss of a life and come to their senses otherwise this will not be the last person killed or maimed as a result of gross stupidity on both sides.
Gathering evidence by use of any aerial or ground platform is perfectly legal. That the subject(s) being filmed won't like it, is another matter.