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Two go mad in Wales once again, get cold, go home (Read 665 times)
Sep 26th, 2007 at 4:00pm

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Well, once again Craig and I subjected ourselves to unnecessary hardship and deprivation, to see if we could succeed in taking pictures of low flying aircraft.

We intend to go again once we are fully recovered from the frostbite and are discharged from Bangor hospital.

In the meantime here's what we got as consolation prizes for our patience/arrogance/stupidity*

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Low Flying F15 style  Grin Wink
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Oh dear, not what it should have been  Roll Eyes
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Good day all in all though, we intend to return, thanks again to Craig for the company and putting up with my snoring (I've got a cold, I'm not normally like that!  Embarrassed  Grin )

Steve
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Reply #1 - Sep 26th, 2007 at 4:02pm

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61_OTU wrote on Sep 26th, 2007 at 4:00pm:
Low Flying F15 style  Grin Wink
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1000ft AGL? Smiley
 
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Reply #2 - Sep 26th, 2007 at 4:08pm

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Great shots mate, mine were all write offs sadly. Mainly because by the time we got anything I was too cold to jump at the chance Grin

As for the F15, for some reason the Americans not only like to take the strangest route through the loop, this one went by us and over the top instead of the south route through to Mach. But they also dont seem to like flying low level. We said they need to come through it in a tornado just once. Wink Smiley
 
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Reply #3 - Sep 26th, 2007 at 4:14pm

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Sweet shots on the Merlin!

This has to be the best spotters-place in the uk!
 
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Reply #4 - Sep 26th, 2007 at 4:22pm

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Nice.....cant wait to get there someday.....if you could PM me with possible dates I might be able to make some of them...(if a lift from birmingham was available Wink )

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Reply #5 - Sep 26th, 2007 at 4:27pm

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great shots boys..would love to go to the mach loop soon Smiley
 
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Reply #6 - Sep 26th, 2007 at 4:32pm

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Mictheslik wrote on Sep 26th, 2007 at 4:22pm:
Nice.....cant wait to get there someday.....if you could PM me with possible dates I might be able to make some of them...(if a lift from birmingham was available Wink )

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I dunno, with the way Craig drives, you may need a vomit bag. Tongue
 
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Reply #7 - Sep 26th, 2007 at 4:32pm

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Nice one Steve. Wink
 
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Reply #8 - Sep 26th, 2007 at 4:38pm

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flyboy 28 wrote on Sep 26th, 2007 at 4:32pm:
Mictheslik wrote on Sep 26th, 2007 at 4:22pm:
Nice.....cant wait to get there someday.....if you could PM me with possible dates I might be able to make some of them...(if a lift from birmingham was available Wink )

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I dunno, with the way Craig drives, you may need a vomit bag. Tongue

Careful, mr "I smashed my window driving over a hill" Wink
 
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Reply #9 - Sep 26th, 2007 at 5:36pm

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Craig. wrote on Sep 26th, 2007 at 4:08pm:
As for the F15, for some reason the Americans not only like to take the strangest route through the loop, this one went by us and over the top instead of the south route through to Mach. But they also dont seem to like flying low level. We said they need to come through it in a tornado just once. Wink Smiley


Foreign aircraft appear to operate on stricter rules than the RAF. In general RAF low flying is done down to 250ft MSD (Minimum Separation Distance), although 100ft is permitted in some tactical training areas. Looking at some old Hansard notes, it appears foreign aircraft are generally cleared to 500ft, although German and Belgian aircraft 1000ft. The TTTE (Anglo/German/Italian) when it was still around also had an MSD of 500ft, as opposed to other OCUs of 250ft.

This would explain the F-15 going over the top, rather than down the middle... Smiley
 
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Reply #10 - Sep 26th, 2007 at 11:18pm

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Someone should set up a webcam on that hill... Grin



 
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Reply #11 - Sep 26th, 2007 at 11:36pm

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The first two are brilliant Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked
 
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Reply #12 - Sep 27th, 2007 at 10:54am

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Good one Wink
 
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Reply #13 - Sep 27th, 2007 at 5:59pm

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Thanks for the kind comments chaps.

I would also officially like to stick up for Craig and his driving skills.

During the journey Craig's driving was such that when accelerating, overtaking, braking and pulling out from junctions he never caused me sufficient concern to open my eyes for more than a few seconds at a time  Wink  Grin

The rest of the time my eyes were screwed tight shut, and anyway, had they been open my hands in front of my face would have stopped me from seeing my impending doom  Shocked

There, now that's settled, I'm off to buy a wireless webcam, 150 Netgear wireless repeaters and 151 solar cells so that I can set up Bwlch TV, bringing lowfly to the world. Reasonable subscription rates will apply  Wink

Cheers

Steve
 
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Reply #14 - Sep 27th, 2007 at 6:42pm

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Thank you steve for not telling them about the 95mph we did down the cad pass. Ahem whoops. Shocked Embarrassed Lips Sealed
 
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