R44 down Sherburn airfield
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In a car crash, the driver isn’t usually hustled away by his security team. I mean, look at the pictures of Prince, er somebody else, in his Range Rover. More seriously, I would like to benefit from the AAIB’s findings, so I hope it isn’t going to be too hushed up.
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Is it being suggested that the pilot was a well known figure?
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It's not an offence to leave the scene of a car crash unless there is injury or third party damage...
Right, I like a challenge so I have done more digging. Interestingly, a day later a bunch of Ospreys did a night ‘exercise’ at Burn airfield. So not a million miles away and odd to pick a gliding airfield when so many active military ones are around. And how does this link to the R44 and disappearing pilot? Perhaps a reconnaissance run by a secret squirrel person? Someone more used to flying an Osprey and they forgot to pull carb heat? So they clear off out of both secrecy and embarrassment.
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Right, I like a challenge so I have done more digging. Interestingly, a day later a bunch of Ospreys did a night ‘exercise’ at Burn airfield. So not a million miles away and odd to pick a gliding airfield when so many active military ones are around. And how does this link to the R44 and disappearing pilot? Perhaps a reconnaissance run by a secret squirrel person? Someone more used to flying an Osprey and they forgot to pull carb heat? So they clear off out of both secrecy and embarrassment.
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Perhaps the pilot swerved to avoid a UFO.
Am I being totally thick or are talking about a well known gent that lost a newly new squirrel in the last twelve months but saved the lives of those on board after diving down into the aircraft? .........
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Tech log
If it was G-LLIZ which has been mentioned earlier, surely the tech log will have the details of who was flying it.
Or has that vanished as well?
Flight radar for G-LLIZ at Sherbun. Flight lasted 8 mins.
https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/GLLIZ
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-lliz
Or has that vanished as well?
Flight radar for G-LLIZ at Sherbun. Flight lasted 8 mins.
https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/GLLIZ
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-lliz
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G-INFO shows current ARC to March 2020 so FlightAware records may not be up to date?
Certain words appear to have capital letters mid-sentence in various posts above where they are not really needed (placed as clues?): Competent, Machine, Controls, Accident, Investigation and Pilot so far that i've noticed.
Apparently single pilot if earlier posts are true, so someone (presumably) with an R44 rating or training for one - though why anyone would take their hands off the controls in a 44 (as appears to be alleged) is beyond me.
Also someone who has a security detail with them to 'whisk them away', and someone with contacts to stop all media reporting it seems!! Surprised anyone that important would be flying in a piston single (NOT Robby-bashing, i'm referring to ANY piston single).
Any more clues?
Certain words appear to have capital letters mid-sentence in various posts above where they are not really needed (placed as clues?): Competent, Machine, Controls, Accident, Investigation and Pilot so far that i've noticed.
Apparently single pilot if earlier posts are true, so someone (presumably) with an R44 rating or training for one - though why anyone would take their hands off the controls in a 44 (as appears to be alleged) is beyond me.
Also someone who has a security detail with them to 'whisk them away', and someone with contacts to stop all media reporting it seems!! Surprised anyone that important would be flying in a piston single (NOT Robby-bashing, i'm referring to ANY piston single).
Any more clues?
Another interesting point is the Tread Starter hasn’t made any further comments since revealing the registration number of the aircraft. Has he been sworn to secrecy by government spooks?
But I doubt any celeb has enough power to stop the press jumping on what wouldn’t be world headlines but might get a paragraph or two in a tabloid. But as this has turned into a great rumour thread, if it was a celeb they could easily have paid off the aircraft owner, the thread starter and jumped in the Lamborghini SUV (as suggested by Bell_Ringer) and disappear.
Just saying.
