Low flyers...not the drink!

[Nobby Diesel]

"chicken" for grown ups.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbqQr2EEtHA

[Paddy_NL]

ufck

[Ferrari Spider]

The BBC have been covering it today and impressed NOT they are too, nothing but complaints, spoil sports and careful you never know it might hurt you.

[Paddy_NL]

Ofcourse! What if the Hamster was driving there, he could have been hurt!

[Fran]

Didnt we see that one already a few days ago?

[mgmark]

Didnt we see that one already a few days ago?

Fran - good girl - indeed you did, when I stuck a link to it amongst a few others at
http://www.clubarnage.com/forum/index.php?topic=6035.0

The Harrier one was filmed a few months ago now and has been circulating around since then.  Now it has finally hit the news, when a journalist spotted it on youtube and then the usual with uninformed reporting started on BBC and Sky.  Typical is "the serviceman, who at first seems unaware of the approaching jet, is seen to duck as the Harrier roars past him".   Same with Sky - "soldiers play chicken with jet plane".   No - he is an RAF serviceman - not a soldier - he looks back twice before it overflys - he knows it is coming, where it is coming from and his mate is filming it approaching it as it approaches and departs.  He might not have expected it to be quite that low.  Whether it was filmed on a "normal" take off or fully set up with the aircrew, is one for those were there to know and others not to worry about.  For me, the measured MOD response to the news hounds is, IMHO, quite appropriate.

MG Mark

[Nobby Diesel]

I just thought it was funny.

[mgmark]

I just thought it was funny.

Nobby - it is, and v. impressive too - I wasn't having a go in any way at your post, it was just that at the time the media were going to town on it in a particularly uninformed way and I wanted to put the story in its context, as it's an area that is, shall we say, dear to me.   Mind you, v.low flying Harriers is probably small beer compared to the cr*p that is hitting the fan after a certain interview in this morning's Daily Mail....

MG Mark   

[Andy Zarse]

It's a disgrace, treating an expensive item of military hardware as a toy. It's dangerous too, I mean if it had hit him it could have had the poor blokes eye out. And what are they doing there in the first place with all those folks firing bullets? This fighting business is surely a danger under the HSAWA and someones gonna get hurt soon, you mark my words.

[Ferrari Spider]

its a shambles, that's my tax money being wasted too boot   Not the first time either, I'll wager, what about this, not only LOW but got the fires stoked right the way up tooo

[mgmark]

Not the first time either, I'll wager

Indeed not - we've been doing it for some time methinks.....


MG Mark

[mgmark]

It's a disgrace, treating an expensive item of military hardware as a toy.

One could be charitable - it might have been a "low level tactical departure" .   If people choose to stand under the flight path, then well......

MG Mark

[Perdu]

Not the first time either, I'll wager

Indeed not - we've been doing it for some time methinks.....


MG Mark

Now THAT is beautiful.

[Ferrari Spider]

low

[Nobby Diesel]

Now, that's a low flyer!