I don't think that anyone can do anything about photogs on the
perimeter Julian. When we had quite sensitive stuff at Bruggen in
Germany (during the "good old days" ;-)), but there was nothing the
RAF Police could do about the spotters outside the fence. Nowadays,
it is almost an institution. At Waddington, for instance, there is a
special layby off the end of the runway for the photogs... and you
don't get much more sensitive than some of the aircraft that go in
there.
I think that you will find that there is a whole lot more low flying,
day or night, in the north of England and Scotland. If you visit the
Yorkshire Dales and stand on a highish peak you will see a fair
amount of activity - there are fewer people per square mile up there
you see. More to the point, the RAF is so small now that the
permanent deployments to the Gulf and other places makes for fewer in
this country.
Chris
At 13:31 +0100 20/10/02, Julian Davies wrote:
>OM content: has anyone tried using IR film for night >aircraft photography?
Now there's an idea! Mind you, I'd start with civilian 'targets' as the
military usually do the night - flying bit for a reason!! I can just imagine
the conversation in the Mildenhall guardroom after getting picked up at the
perimeter! (this is maybe paranoid - attitudes may have changed, I guess -
just don't have a beard)
The area around Lyneham seems to be about the only place left in central
England with any consistent low - level flying. Being on the Western end of
Salisbury plain, you expect that there would be low - level over the army
range on the plain, but they seem to do it in all directions. Certainly when
I was working near Bath in '97 - '98, a buzz from a Lyneham Herc was an
almost daily occurrence. No pics, however, this was just before I started
rebuilding my system.
Back in the 'good old days' of the cold war, life was much more interesting
in this neck of the woods. Cambridgeshire is basically a collection of
airfields with some towns in the gaps (slight exaggeration), and flying
activities were really quite interesting. My house seemingly got used as a
'target' by a group of A10s once! Damn glad they didn't fire! That gun
looks *BIG* when it's heading straight for you, even though they were
nowhere near as low as they would be for real. Always something different in
the air, between the RAF and USAF.
Before someone takes it badly, I am very tongue in cheek with 'good old
days'. Give me peace anytime.
Julian
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