Flying under bridges...
This sort of thing MG ?
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There was a route around Soest in the seventies that took us into a valley under pylons and autobahn etc which we used for Gazelle PNG training at night! Great flying once you got use to it!
Why would you have had that requirement put upon you, especially since pedestrians aren't allowed anyway?!
Otherwise I assume permission would be needed to fly under when it is open?
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This is still possibly the most hardcore piece of "Bridge Flying" you are ever likely to see. It still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up when I watch this. Bravery and skill combined.
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Some years ago, flying in Russia with an instructor, I flew along a river and under several bridges. We had a radalt which made things a lot easier. It's illegal there too, so I'm sworn to secrecy as to type, area, year etc...though after all this time it probably doesn't matter much to anyone. Whatever...it was fun....
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The worrying ones are when you realise you flew under wires without seeing them.
The really, really worrying ones are when you're in the process of flying over wires and see more just above you.
The really, really worrying ones are when you're in the process of flying over wires and see more just above you.
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.... any guys on here who have a recurring dream where they have to lift off into a myriad of crossing wires. You clear the lower ones only to see other now above you! ETC. Any dream interpreters on here ?
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Yes, me. I've known other pilots say the same. I think it's every helicopter pilot's nightmare.
In mine I'm flying along an urban street and unable to climb above the rooftops because of the wires above me.
And of course, you just know there's probably a CAA inspector lurking on the corner.
Strangely enough, this first happened after.....
In mine I'm flying along an urban street and unable to climb above the rooftops because of the wires above me.
And of course, you just know there's probably a CAA inspector lurking on the corner.
Strangely enough, this first happened after.....
It's apparently very common amongst pilots - I often dream it, as does my brother (helicopters and jets up to Airbus size) wriggling down narrow streets/valleys with wires above.
Also one of being inside a busy control zone without a clearance - do I sneak out of it again and request a clearance, or declare my position and keep going? I never find out, the awkwardness always wakes me up.
Also one of being inside a busy control zone without a clearance - do I sneak out of it again and request a clearance, or declare my position and keep going? I never find out, the awkwardness always wakes me up.
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In mine I'm flying along an urban street and unable to climb above the rooftops because of the wires above me.
Dream of the urban street plus wires many times too!
I once actually flew under wires both ways in 'The Province' without seeing them or the pylons - 'things' were too hot to land and we'd not enough fuel to pull up!
I once actually flew under wires both ways in 'The Province' without seeing them or the pylons - 'things' were too hot to land and we'd not enough fuel to pull up!
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My childhood nightmare used to be watching a giant wave engulfing Atlantic City...
Then I grew up and started flying a Piper Supercub, pulling up gliders....
the nightmare is still Pacific Avenue in Atlantic City, and I am flying below all those electricity wires, no way up, no way out. How weird is that?
Then I grew up and started flying a Piper Supercub, pulling up gliders....
the nightmare is still Pacific Avenue in Atlantic City, and I am flying below all those electricity wires, no way up, no way out. How weird is that?
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It's apparently very common amongst pilots - I often dream it, as does my brother (helicopters and jets up to Airbus size) wriggling down narrow streets/valleys with wires above.
Also one of being inside a busy control zone without a clearance - do I sneak out of it again and request a clearance, or declare my position and keep going? I never find out, the awkwardness always wakes me up.
Also one of being inside a busy control zone without a clearance - do I sneak out of it again and request a clearance, or declare my position and keep going? I never find out, the awkwardness always wakes me up.
Or maybe we all are...
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... and just to add another titbit. I join the post where, I've flown into an airport without an R/T clearance. I usually air taxi sneakily clear on the basis I'm below any radar. Does that make me a naughty boy? DRK
