Laws against low flying aircraft?

Von Smallhausen · 2 Aug 2009 at 20:07

JBuk said:
When I was returning from Newcastle last week an military chopper was flying slowly & parallel to the road , its altitude was maybe 50ft , just a few feet higher than the trees

no idea what type it was, had a back door which was opened at the time

Did you complain against the excessive noise ?

Makunouchi · 2 Aug 2009 at 20:07

bloodline76 said:
To me at the time it just looked like some rich kid in a plane showing off to his mates without any concern for whats below.

Working class complex lol.

JBuk · 2 Aug 2009 at 20:12

Von Smallhausen said:
Did you complain against the excessive noise ?

Now I think about it it didn't sound that loud but then again I was in a car

I can imagine the call though

operator "can you describe the offenders?"

me "yeah, they're heavily armed and are flying a big green helicopter "

operator "o..........k.........." /scratches head

Scania · 2 Aug 2009 at 20:31

Thats not low!

Type "Spitfire Low pass" into Google. ** Swearing alert!! **

'Nuff said!

You can't get enough of low flying aircraft imo.

Spitfir3 · 2 Aug 2009 at 20:32

I remember we had a Spit doing a display for some crappy show a few fields away from us.. amazing sight and sound

JBuk · 2 Aug 2009 at 20:41

That Airbus was so close to clipping its wing

anybody know the background , was it intentional?

Scania · 2 Aug 2009 at 20:55

JBuk said:
That Airbus was so close to clipping its wing

anybody know the background , was it intentional?

Absolutely! - How many fuses do you think he had to pull to shut up the "Too low terrain. Pull up. Too low terrain. Pull up. Lower gear. Pull up. Pull up." repeating over and over and over?

More insanely dangerous than impressive I guess! - I'd hope that the Pilot was either a bit lower than he thought or just "plane crazy".

Blinkz · 2 Aug 2009 at 21:04

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
Absolutely! - How many fuses do you think he had to pull to shut up the "Too low terrain. Pull up. Too low terrain. Pull up. Lower gear. Pull up. Pull up." repeating over and over and over?

Actually just one

But still he was an idiot for turning that low, lucky he didn't clip the wing.

JBuk · 2 Aug 2009 at 21:11

This guy nearly clipped his wing too

oops

Blinkz · 2 Aug 2009 at 21:19

Sadly the pilot there just mucked up, you can't bank that much near the ground. That type of aircraft just can't do it. In a turn that steep all the lift of the wings is pointing into the turn and not supporting the weight of the aircraft. Fighters manage it because they have a huge amount of excess power. Bombers/airliners don't!

Creature · 2 Aug 2009 at 21:21

JBuk said:
Now I think about it it didn't sound that loud but then again I was in a car

I can imagine the call though

operator "can you describe the offenders?"

me "yeah, they're heavily armed and are flying a big green helicopter "

operator "o..........k.........." /scratches head

Did it look like that...ish?

When it left, it went straight over the top of the tower...was ****ing awesome.

JBuk · 2 Aug 2009 at 21:27

It was big, green and had a rotor

that's about as helpful as I can be lol

Creature · 2 Aug 2009 at 21:32

That's a check to all 3 then. We did get a call a few minutes later asking when it would be back as they wanted some photos of it flying over. Cheeky people

Flibster · 2 Aug 2009 at 21:33

Blinkz said:
Sadly the pilot there just mucked up, you can't bank that much near the ground. That type of aircraft just can't do it. In a turn that steep all the lift of the wings is pointing into the turn and not supporting the weight of the aircraft. Fighters manage it because they have a huge amount of excess power. Bombers/airliners don't!

You mean that American Bombers can't do that.

Certain British nuclear bombers have been known to fly in the grand canyon in the past. :eek:

john_s · 2 Aug 2009 at 22:55

Pottsey said:
Its great until you realise that unscheduled plane dive-bombing below legal levels just put someone's child in hospital.

If it's bombing a built up area, that's a bit naughty, so you'd probably be OK to shoot it down. Perhaps he was lost and though he was over Dresden?

I'd have thought it's pretty unlikely though... the Spitfire is a fighter (and as far as I am aware, didn't carry bombs - though I will accept that I could be wrong about that) and I've not seen anything on the news recently about a Spitfire doing any bombing in the UK.

Were the bombs making big craters?

If unscheduled bombing causing injuries is not on, is it OK if they schedule it?

Chong Warrior · 2 Aug 2009 at 23:06

JBuk said:
This guy nearly clipped his wing too

oops

Always feel strange and a bit sick when I see a video or whatever knowing people died...

Scania · 2 Aug 2009 at 23:38

Flibster said:
You mean that American Bombers can't do that.

Certain British nuclear bombers have been known to fly in the grand canyon in the past.

Vulcan 607 - a great read.

OldComputerGuy7 · 3 Aug 2009 at 00:24

Thats awesome, i remember seeing as a kid the military flying jets over this campsite i was at pretty low, i thought it was great used to shake the caravans a bit too

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Abraxaz1 · 3 Aug 2009 at 00:27

dowie said:
AFAIK (this is going back to air cadets a few years ago) - its 500ft for civilian and 250ft for military.

The "military" aircraft include training aircraft like the bulldog etc.. (or whatever the equivalent is these days)

Actually for military its as low as they like, but due to public intrests they try to fly above a certain number of feet in built up areas. They are not forced to stay above this though.

peetee · 3 Aug 2009 at 00:59

Planes are supposed to fly 250ft+(minimum seperation distance), though this is not always the case as there are some exceptions, Rotary can operate to ground level.

Pottsey can you explain why this infact is illegal?
Do you actually have any background knowledge in this area?