On 16 Oct 2009 09:17:12 GMT, Huge wrote:

No matter what the rules say, the military, by my direct observation,
fly as low as they physically can.

Round here they have a problem that the land rises rather faster than
they can without putting one rather more power than they want to. I
guess being a white building on a promontory that forms a bend in the
valley also makes us a bit of way marker. Leave Warcop, up Teesdale
(ish), over the watershed between the Tees and South Tyne, drop down
into the South Tyne Valley and aim for the white blob on the hill 3
miles away as you'll be there in 20s, then exit enroute for
Spadeadam. B-)

And if you ring to complain the MoD call you a liar (Ok, they say "we do
not have any aircraft operating in that area", which is the same thing.)

The time I complained by phone I was pleased by the response both on
the phone and by letter a while later. Nothing really happened that I
was aware of course. I complained that there had been a fast jet
going one way over the town and then a matter of a few seconds later
one went in the opposite direction at the same level. They do
occasionally dog fight over us but they normally do that at 1000'
and it is impressive to watch 4 fast jets trying to out maneuver each
other.

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Cheers
Dave.