Numptie Pilot

[FSXPilot]

Ok fess up which numptie was squawking 7500 and caused two typhoons to go supersonic over the Midlands?

[ShyTorque]

The one flying something that looked like a red and white drumstick making a funny whistling noise...

You sure about the actual squawk, btw?

[MightyGem]

You sure about the actual squawk, btw?

According to the BBC:
BBC News - Typhoon sonic boom behind mysterious bang reports - MoD

[rickrawson87]

IMO pilot should have the bill come through his door for all the hassle being caused

[SASless]

The Typhoon pilots should do a Whip Round to give the guy a Tenner for getting them some Jolly Time!

[Lord Spandex Masher]

Isn't it numpty and not numptie?

Just asking.

[davidjohnson6]

Sure you've never made a mistake while flying ? Then you get to put the bill through the letterbox of the helicopter pilot's home - but only if you've really never made a mistake in the past.

[Heliport]

Sure you've never made a mistake while flying ?

He (and we) can be very sure he hasn't.
He posted this in the Professional Pilot Training forum in January:

I'm Rick and i've just very recently got bitten by the bug! to cut a long story short my family have never really been interested in aviation and neither have I. I started dating a girl and her family are aviation mad. Her dad has a ppl and told me he'd take me up. That was 4 months ago and i think he now regrets it as i bug him to take me up now every spare second haha! The thrill of flying is nothing i've ever felt before and I started studying for my own ppl already! i've been very confused about what i want to do with my life and since that first flight i now know exactly what i want to do.
My family aren't exactly the richest and I don't really have the greatest job so it will take me a long time to save up the required funds for the professional licenses. How old is too old to start in this business? if i save like made i will have enough to qualify me at roughly the age of 35. would i be past it at this age?

H.

[mhale71]

Great article, my favorite bit:

Richard Coglan, who was in Bath at the time of the incident, said: We saw the Eurofighter [Typhoon] circle the helicopter at very slow speed using full thrust just to stay up.

Didnt read much after that... for those that did.. were there many "I thought i was gonna die" s?..

[Max Shutterspeed]

Didnt read much after that... for those that did.. were there many "I thought i was gonna die" s?..

Lots of those. Rather disappointed that the Typhoon pilot didn't narrowly miss a school or save a hospital. Bet the Robinson pilot's cell phone is switched off this morning....

[Sir Niall Dementia]

Max;

Don't think it was a Robbo, a whistling drum stick is a Gazelle.

SND

[Max Shutterspeed]

Quite right, well pointed out. Need to pay more attention over here!

[Davey Emcee]

Chicken leg, not drum stick, in my day.

[SilsoeSid]

..and now we here of Gatwick being disrupted due to a stray hot air balloon.

Ever get the feeling someone is testing the system?

[212man]

We saw the Eurofighter [Typhoon] circle the helicopter at very slow speed using full thrust just to stay up.

That seems like a perfectly reasonable description from a member of the lay-public. Modern FBW fighters can fly at seemingly impossible alpha values, at low speeds unheard of by earlier generation fast jets (Typhoon is around 110 kts,) and it would have been making a hell of a racket using a lot of power! If you want to see a really extreme example of that watch an F-22 at an airshow (albeit some of the thrust is being used as lift, but only some)

[mhale71]

I think there is a bit of humor in that he was in the bath when it happened... as if we care.. its borderline TMI...

"Well I was having trouble poopin', but then this loud bang.."

[TRC]

I think there is a bit of humor in that he was in the bath when it happened

No mate, he wasn't in the bath, he was in Bath.

[mhale71]

Wow, this looks bad for me, I concede that point.. clearly not a local.. will read more carefully next time..

[DBChopper]

I'm confused...

So there was a bloke eating chicken drumsticks in the bath when he made a mistake and something went boom? Is there a helicopter involved?

[oldjetbox]

DBC. It's very simple .... the guy in the bath was eating the drumstick while it was still attached to the chicken, causing the chicken to squawk so much, it caused a typhoon. OK?