Fred J. McCall wrote:
Guy Alcala wrote:

:"Fred J. McCall" wrote:
:
: Either you folks are operating some fairly dangerous aircraft or else
: you have a training problem.
:
:The Brit attack a/c spend a lot more time at low level than we do.

True for the Tornados. Not so much for the others, I don't believe.

The RAF's low flying page says of the large scale training excercise:

"most of those carried out in the UK will generally involve a mix of
Tornado GR1s, Harriers, Sea Harriers and/or Jaguars at low level"


and the pages mention every type except the nimrod, certainly I've seen
hercules doing lowish flying (below 2,500ft) whilst walking in the
highlands.


NB the RAF definitions of "low flying":


"Military fixed-wing aircraft (except Bulldogs and Fireflies) are
defined as low flying when operating within the UKLFS at less than 2,000
ft minimum separation distance (msd). In the case of helicopters,
Bulldogs and Fireflies, they are defined as low flying when operating at
less than 500 ft msd. 250 ft is the normal lower limit for low flying by
fixed-wing aircraft, although a very small amount of operational low
flying training for fast jet and Hercules transport aircraft is
permitted during the day at heights between 250 ft and 100 ft. Bulldog
and Firefly aircraft may be authorised to fly down to 50 ft msd while
helicopters can be permitted to fly as low as ground level."