Cunning Stunts!

[Smiler.]

Living not far from an airfield, I regularly see enthusiastic pilots strutting their stuff (aeronautically speaking) with some impressive manoeuvres.

Cheers


But I have a questions - what restrictions are there (if any) as to when & where such displays may be performed?


Also, if anyone operates out of White Waltham or Booker - what was the formation flying over the Burchetts Green area a week ago Friday? And, what was the monoplane in the middle with the large wingspan?

[Coco H]

I don't know about restrictions. I live near an airfield where an extremely good (and possibly well known) pilot is based so we get to view practice sessions from our garden.

[perdu]

I dont know either but I think its something like


Dont drop your flask when upside down




And do come and practice over my house any time chaps

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

Flounces and refuses to practice over Perdu's house!

[Perec]

perdu said:

I dont know either but I think its something like


Dont drop your flask when upside down




And do come and practice over my house any time chaps

I used to like the sound of light aircraft, associating it with summer, until I lived near an airfield used by stunt pilots. The novelty of watching them wears off, the continuous droning is a pleasure that wears thin.

[perdu]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

Flounces and refuses to practice over Perdu's house!

Doh

cunning plan foiled again

drat that pigeon

Flouncing... Hmm, that might be worth watching though




I like the "drone over the drome" myself, small engines turn me on better than huge RR toyboyfan thingies

[jjones]

if it's class g airspace and as long as you are 500ft clear of people/structures/vessels then it's perfectly legal

[Smiler.]

jjones said:

...class g airspace....

What does that mean?

[eharding]

Smiler. said:

Living not far from an airfield, I regularly see enthusiastic pilots strutting their stuff (aeronautically speaking) with some impressive manoeuvres.

Cheers


But I have a questions - what restrictions are there (if any) as to when & where such displays may be performed?


Also, if anyone operates out of White Waltham or Booker - what was the formation flying over the Burchetts Green area a week ago Friday? And, what was the monoplane in the middle with the large wingspan?

The formation Friday for last was for Jim's Beers at Waltham - see here. Five years on - can hardly believe it - and the turn out was as strong as ever.

The monoplane you're referring to was almost certainly the Me 108 / Nord.

As for aerobatic practice, at least at Waltham, we operate a booking system with the local area divided into grid squares, the idea being that no grid should have more than one practice slot per day to reduce the noise footprint. Whilst in theory as stated the law requires that outside of controlled airspace a minimum 500 feet separation from people and things which might contain people (soon to be a minimum 500 feet height) in reality you won't see anyone coming much below 1000 feet in the local area as a) it doesn't leave much margin for error and b) it just upsets the noise-sensitive types for no good reason. It makes practising under the 2500ft TMA a challenge, which is why it invariably is done either over the airfield or at two areas where by convention we always have ground critique doubling as a traffic spotter.

There are few local areas with excellent lines features, which is what you want when practising competition aerobatics - so that when the choice slots have already been used the tendency is - particularly for the higher performance types - to head north of the Stokenchurch mast - well away from the local area and with some excellent line features up there.

Obviously, that just covers Waltham - the Booker mob don't always play by the same rules....

[MarkwG]

Smiler. said:

What does that mean?

Airspace is classified from A the most restricted to G the least. There are also rules which apply in all classes covering how low/close you can fly depending on circumstances such as whether you're landing or departing, or over flying. It's up to the commander of the aircraft to make sure he or she are flying in accordance with the rules of the air, appropriate to the airspace they're flying in.

[Smiler.]

Thanks chaps.

I didn't know about the memorial, this was a week after the Retro Festival?

The videos were good - nothing sounds like a Merlin eh?

Were you flying Ed?


As for the noise, it's not only engined aircraft apparently


I love the sound of piston engines though, especially the low drone of a twin some distance away.