Umm, every flight, glider or not, involves flying at 250ft, surely. Just
after take-off, and just before landing! There is a flying club within about
3 miles of the location of the incident, used by Cairngorm GLIDING Club
amongst others. So certainly a likely area to find gliders at 250ft. And, as
it happens, the airfield is only a mile away from Feshiebridge Lodge,
location of "The RAF Highland Activities centre"
http://www.feshiebridgelodge.co.uk/
Oops!
And, by the way, gliders are not the only aerial hazard at Feshiebridge.
Look out also for James Bond antics capturing executive jets in midflight.
I'm pretty sure that the relevant sequence in Skyfall was filmed over Glen
Feshie.
Piers
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From: Jim Nichols [mailto:jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 28 July 2013 18:32
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] [ OT] Question for our pilots
I find it amazing that a glider would be at 250 ft in the midst of a
distance flight. That just doesn't make good sense. Even a motor glider,
with the ability to redeploy the powerplant, would not normally fly that
low. Since Chris B. has a dislike for them, perhaps British glider pilots
fly differently from the ones that I know.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 7/28/2013 7:28 AM, Brian Gray wrote:
>
[1]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2378728/RAF-Tornado-misses-g
> lider-quarter-second-thanks-lightning-reflexes-fighter-pilot.html
> Reports of this incident appeared in several newspapers including that
> with the above link. I find it incredible that a plane of that size,
> flying at that speed, can 'bunt' at 250 ft. What does Chris Bartker
> say as he may even know the area. As an aside, are his Grobs airborne
> again yet?
> Brian Gray
>
> References
>
> 1.
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2378728/RAF-Tornado-misses-gli
> der-quarter-second-thanks-lightning-reflexes-fighter-pilot.html
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