Edward

In message <3itm13tp6cusrueh7vqdg4dk8ak6riglf8@>
Peter <nobody@somewhere-in-the-uk.com> wrote:

>
> Many people come to a court accused of low flying, and nearly all get
> acquitted, because it's easy to show that Joe Public is a very poor
> judge of height.
>
> Most fixed wing pilots will be nowhere near that low. It's hard work
> flying that low and is pretty pointless. Helicopters do go lower than
> fixed wing, on average.

I agree we laymen are poor judges of height. As a Snowdonia farmer, I
am no stranger to low flying by forces aircraft. I have looked Hercules
pilots in the eye and received waves from the crewmen in the door. I
have stood above a Canberra and watched it fly down the valley with the
bomb doors (?) open. I have dropped my motorbike and stood aghast as I
watched a near miss by 2 Gnats. Neither took avoiding action so I
presume neither saw the other. My heart was going like a trip hammer
afterwards.

But the most extraordinary thing I have seen was a GA single engine pass
near the farmyard where I was working. The yard is at 400', the valley
floor is 350' the hill opposite is 350 yards away and the top is 650'
all measured off the OS map afterwards. It passed between me and the
hill with the top showing well above it.


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Edward..
What can they know, whose talk is only of bullocks.