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[Claymore]

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[giantbeat]

this should be your next machinery investment :wink:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcJEFosXfFQ

 

[Roughcut]

https://www.gov.uk/low-flying-in-your-area/overview

 

[Student]

Painting a message on your roof isn't necessarily a good idea. I heard a story about a farmer in mid-Wales, who lived in the area where the Hawks from RAF Valley used to do their low flying, put a sign on a barn roof saying "P*$$ off Biggles". It didn't work as loads of other aircraft flew over low just to see the sign!

 

[Andrewf]

There is a minimum height that they are supposed to fly at, but they sometimes fly lower. I live about 10 miles from the garrison in Colcheste , used to get them fly by our house regularily, am sure they were using our house as a way point on the way to and from base. Sometimes my wife was waving to them from the upstairs window . Didn't really bother us but pissed off the dogs and daughter who was small at the time didn't like it. In the end she phoned the local garrison to complain, they denied the low flying but it stopped and we stopped get waves from them. So worth a call, reckon it will stop.

 

[NazNomad]

We get all sorts low-flying over here. I luv 'em.


Brian, stand outside with a short length of 4'' plastic drainpipe on your shoulder, that'll do the trick. :-D

 

[Stanleymonkey]

This will sound really rude - but are you sure about the 30ft part?

A telegraph pole is 30ft before it is cemented in to the ground.

If that was along my street it would be cutting the telephone wires or flying just above them at guttering height.


If you're spot on with the height - then that can't possibly be safe can it?

 

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[Droogs]

Galloway are is a designated nap of the earth fly zone for military aircraft. Crews have to practice all the time and the glens of western scotland are ideal especially for SF crews. I used to love sitting on the tail ramp watching the world go by on the approach to a DZ unless it was nighttime then it just made me feel sick :roll: :roll:

 

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[Droogs]

SF - special forces

 

[RogerS]

Please ask them to fly over me. I love 'em. Lower and faster and noisier the better.

Reminds me...I must go and spend some time at the Mach Loop.

 

[DiscoStu]

I live right next to a coast guard base so we have the helicopter flying in and out at all hours. Being so close it is often low. I guess they don't want to gain loads of height to then have to drop it when they get over the water for a rescue. We also have a military range on the other side of us and we get Merlins and Lynx flying about from that. Personally I love it. I did get a bit annoyed recently when there were three helicopter hovering around my house at 3am, however I spoke to a friend who works in that field and asked if it was an exercise and he told me he couldn't comment. (Which I took to mean that it wasn't and that it was pretty serious activity).


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[NazNomad]

...I must go and spend some time at the Mach Loop

Mark Jayne takes some incredible photos at Machynlleth. http://www.mjaviation.co.uk/MJAPhotoGallery1.htm

 

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[RogerS]

That's an excellent website Naz, I wondered what the Mach Loop was. I actually don't mind the jets etc flying here its just they don't seem to let the people living here about the very low level flying and many people have had horses injured and farmers are always writing up to the local papers about their animals being spooked (one farmers daughter was actually injured when thrown off her horse thanks to a jet) If we were made aware the day before then we would keep the horses in the stable etc.

I think that the decision as to where to fly will depend on the weather conditions for the day, the particular task in question and aircraft serviceability. It could all change at very short notice. Iif it helps with your planning, most mornings are spent doing briefings and on the simulator with the actual flying time done in the afternoon.

 

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[Nelsun]

Or take Naz's idea and run with it... scarecrows keep away birds (supposedly) so why not give them some shoulder mounted 4" tubes to scare of the bigger "birds"? You could mount some of the scarecrows on your horses. Or perhaps not...

 

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[NazNomad]

That's an excellent website Naz, I wondered what the Mach Loop was.

The photographer's brother lives in my village. Apparently the pilots like to buy the mugshots of themselves.