Rigger73
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GrangerFX Posted at 2017-9-16 11:29
Military aircraft tend to stay in military areas when they fly at low altitude which are off limits to drones anyway. They should also become adept at avoiding drones since there are now a lot of them in combat zones. If my chances of avoiding a 120MPH Cessna are low, my chances of dodging a 500MPH fighter jet are zero even if I had a thousand spotters. I have rarely seen military jets flying at drone altitudes in my entire life. Civilian planes I have seen buzzing the shoreline dozens of times as well as doing many other reckless manuvers at low altitudes. Full disclosure: I was in one of them.
That may be true in the States, Granger. Thing is in the UK, the RAF tend to fly low-level around a lot of Scotland - LFA14 (250ft) and really low in LFA14T (North west Scotland) in which I believe they are allowed to go down to 100ft.
Scotland is a popular tourist destination, and drones are increasingly seen flying in areas like the Cairngorms, and up the west coast near Applecross, Isle of Skye or Ullapool (very near LFA14T) Thing is that the RAF and other NATO countries fly in and around the cairngorms on their way to other military sites in the UK, to and from RAF Lossiemouth, and not always using the same path - although the A9 road route is often used, though not strictly adhered to.
It's even on our gov't website, that the aircrew are encouraged to plot their own routes.
I'm only trying to bring to light that there is a risk of flying drones in Scotland recreationally, where the military use the areas outside cities, towns and villages for training.
Kudos to you btw on admitting your flying errors.
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