Hi!
David, you are probably too late to have the Radar Services save the
tapes. But if you had reported it whilst air borne they would have it
recorded. The JCB helicopter nearly took me out between Kettering and
Northampton once I didn=99t report it at once but commenced a
complaint with JCB direct, they denied having a flight at that time.
But on pressure their manager gave way and admitted the flight was a
training flight between Ellestree and Utoxeter with the damn pilot
=9Cunder the hood=9D his lookout was on the wrong side to
me. I had been receiving a Radar service from Birmingham or East
Midlands but he was under observation from Coventry. But no bugger was
going to tell me I didn=99t know what a Yellow JCB copter looked
like especially when in that split second all I could see out the screen
forward was yellow Copter.
You should have done an immediate airborne report but I guess you
weren=99t receiving a service?
These tossers want taking to task . I would instigate an investigation
.......nothing to stop you ......make them squirm like the Hunter Pilot
at Shorham.
Regards
Bob Harrison G-PTAG.
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davidjoyce@doctors.org.uk
Sent: 14 June 2017 09:38
Subject: Europa-List: Cambridge cowboy
This last Sunday we were returning from our Arctic trip passing about 5
miles north of Cambridge at around 5.45 pm at something like 2800 ft
and battling a 20+ kt headwind. We saw a plane coming on a reciprocal
track at our 1 o'clock and about 300 ft higher. We turned 45 degrees
left to give added clearance and increase conspicuity whilst keeping a
close eye on him. We were surprised to say the least when from fairly
close he dived to his right to descend to pass immediately in front of
us about 10 feet up and perhaps 50 yards in front. As he reached our
track he did an aileron roll! And dived off in the direction of
Cambridge. Elegant but IDIOTIC! The plane was blue and white and looked
like an Extra or similar. It all happened so quickly that we did not
have a chance to get the reg, otherwise we would have felt obliged to
report an Airprox. We might have been the sort of muffins that rarely
look out of the cockpit, and could perhaps have just realised that we
were going to be late & pushed the throttle or whatever.
If any of you flying out of Cambridge recognise the description, you
might like to pass the message that we did not yhink it was a specially
bright manoeuvre!
Regards, David Joyce & Tim Houlihan in GBZTH
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