[Fwd: LF: Re: Kite flying in GW]
Andre' Kesteloot
akestelo@bellatlantic.net
Mon, 07 Sep 1998 12:49:09 -0400
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Interesting point of view about Kites as antennas
Andre'
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david wheatley wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Please be advised that to fly a kite in certain parts of Wales might cause trouble
> with the RAF.
> When I lived in mid Wales the Tornado fighters flew at about 50 to 100 feet above
> the local terrain which was at 1000 feet. The farm was called Park Farm and was just
> about 6 miles south by east of Llandiloes. We were told that it was used as a 'way-mark'
> for bombing runs in the Brecon Beacons. They flew in pairs with an instructor flying 'Top
> Cover' at about 1000 feet to keep an eye on the trainees below. Sometimes the fighters
> were actually flying below the farmhouse at about 800 feet above the local terrain.
>
> It never happened on Mondays or Fridays as we were told that these were the days when
> the trainees were in the classroom. It often happened when the weather had closed right in
> and you thought that the only things in the mountains were the sheep, the rain and mist).
>
> They are all weather fighter bombers!
>
> "Bl**dy Frightening Boy-Oh". You hear the induction roar and wonder want the hell is happening
> when they close at about 300 to 400 knots. It takes a few hundred milleseconds to realise - Fighters.
> It is worse if you are driving a tractor of some other peice of machinery as you automatically look
> at all the dials to find out what the racket is all about before you realise what it is.
>
> If you are in a tractor or car, it is a real heart atack situation every time.
>
> I also think that the maximum height for flying a kite is officially 50 feet. More than that, and
> you will have to get permission from the CAA.
>
> Good Luck !
>
> << regards >> David Wheatley
> RA3/RTCG2a
> 0181-763 4007 (direct dial)
> 0385 985929 (mobile)
>
> wheatleyd@ra.gtnet.gov.uk
>
> No wasted paper - This e-mail is comprised of 100% recycled electrons !
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From: david wheatley <wheatleyd@ra.gtnet.gov.uk>
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Subject: LF: Re: Kite flying in GW
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Hi all,
Please be advised that to fly a kite in certain parts of Wales might cause trouble
with the RAF.
When I lived in mid Wales the Tornado fighters flew at about 50 to 100 feet above
the local terrain which was at 1000 feet. The farm was called Park Farm and was just
about 6 miles south by east of Llandiloes. We were told that it was used as a 'way-mark'
for bombing runs in the Brecon Beacons. They flew in pairs with an instructor flying 'Top
Cover' at about 1000 feet to keep an eye on the trainees below. Sometimes the fighters
were actually flying below the farmhouse at about 800 feet above the local terrain.
It never happened on Mondays or Fridays as we were told that these were the days when
the trainees were in the classroom. It often happened when the weather had closed right in
and you thought that the only things in the mountains were the sheep, the rain and mist).
They are all weather fighter bombers!
"Bl**dy Frightening Boy-Oh". You hear the induction roar and wonder want the hell is happening
when they close at about 300 to 400 knots. It takes a few hundred milleseconds to realise - Fighters.
It is worse if you are driving a tractor of some other peice of machinery as you automatically look
at all the dials to find out what the racket is all about before you realise what it is.
If you are in a tractor or car, it is a real heart atack situation every time.
I also think that the maximum height for flying a kite is officially 50 feet. More than that, and
you will have to get permission from the CAA.
Good Luck !
ps - Are these "blacksheep.org" Welsh ones? Mine were Blackface and Bulah Speckled. Must
be a new breed?
<< regards >> David Wheatley
RA3/RTCG2a
0181-763 4007 (direct dial)
0385 985929 (mobile)
wheatleyd@ra.gtnet.gov.uk
No wasted paper - This e-mail is comprised of 100% recycled electrons !
<< regards >> David Wheatley
RA3/RTCG2a
0181-763 4007 (direct dial)
0385 985929 (mobile)
wheatleyd@ra.gtnet.gov.uk
No wasted paper - This e-mail is comprised of 100% recycled electrons !
<< regards >> David Wheatley
RA3/RTCG2a
0181-763 4007 (direct dial)
0385 985929 (mobile)
wheatleyd@ra.gtnet.gov.uk
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