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brilliant, can i borrow it for a week please?one wife.......livid
20th Jun 2009 1:32 pm
Disco3newbie
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That's one hell of a bird scarer.......price of wheat gone up this week
20th Jun 2009 11:32 pm
Mark Y
Member Since: 14 Sep 2008
Location: Warwickshire
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I would suggest that pointing a laser pen or light at aircraft is not a good idea, the last one to do it next to B/ham airport is sitting in a very small room for 6 months wishing he hadn't, the judge wasn't impressed.
I can't remember now from local paper but I think it was someone in their 60's messing about in his back garden.
21st Jun 2009 12:37 am
ad15
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hey mark, I'd like to think that no one on here is actually stupid enough to go and do this, am sure it was said in jest, that's exactly how i read it...
but worth saying none the less.. one wife.......livid
21st Jun 2009 10:56 am
stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
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Mark Y wrote:
... but I think it was someone in their 60's messing about in his back garden.
No doubt this was one of those divots who buys a house on the flight path, and then objects to the noise. Having no joy at forcing the moving of the airport out of their back yard they decide that if they permanently blind a pilot or two, they'll refuse to fly Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
21st Jun 2009 5:20 pm
Mark Y
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Location: Warwickshire
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I accept that I don't think anyone on this forum would do such a thing as to shine anything at an aircraft, but it did surprise me the severity of the sentence, which is why I mentioned it. I can also accept the serious outcome under certain circumstances .
21st Jun 2009 11:25 pm
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That sort of wanton stupidity has actually been quite an ongoing phenomenon here in Cyprus for several months now, with one pilot being reported as seeking medical treatment for it. The cockpit of several planes in final approach to Larnaca Airport has been targeted at night.
seems that they have collared 4 squadies for doing it, although there may be more, and apparently someone did it to a police chopper
The sentence can be as much as 2 years
The sentence might seem harsh, but then doing something that willfully endangers the life of several hundred people to any degree is no joke either. How would you feel as the passenger in a plane undergoing such a timing critical manouver to know someone is willfully attempting to distract or temporarily blind your pilot.
22nd Jun 2009 8:33 pm
ad15
Member Since: 14 Dec 2008
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so, all been a bit quiet on the heli front,
then this popped up from behind the hedge....
first time i've seen one of these down here..
one wife.......livid
17th Sep 2009 11:17 am
SJR
Member Since: 09 Aug 2006
Location: East Manchester
Posts: 4030
That looks like it could have been a real brown trouser moment I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
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17th Sep 2009 11:19 am
ad15
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was hell of a suprise, it was on route from penhale area off down the usual route to the old railway cutting that starts just behind us, not normally that low tbh and never an apache, the pilot even managed a wave... one wife.......livid
17th Sep 2009 11:28 am
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With they way it seems to be going over in the UK it could well have been a police man checking your tax disk.
Count yourself lucky it was valid Huh
17th Sep 2009 11:53 am
ad15
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pointed him in your direction....one wife.......livid
17th Sep 2009 11:56 am
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Tanks
Now that just could be a typo, but then again
17th Sep 2009 12:07 pm
ad15
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out of interest as it's been a while since i was related,
do the uk forces operate apache's?
if so, so much for buying british..one wife.......livid
17th Sep 2009 12:54 pm
Stu
Member Since: 08 Feb 2009
Location: Hampshire
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Yeah we have apaches
The first time I saw them there were three alongside each other hovering over the M25. Really gave me a little bit of a "moment" when driving along.
The have apaches at middle wallop and there is a greenlane that goes right alongside where they fly, you can see them flying below the tree line.
They have also been used in Afghanistan and there is a good book following some of the pilots. It's called Apache dawn. Well worth a read IMHO D3 HSE MY05 Auto
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