Bill McCarthy wrote:I spotted a lone Tucano buzzing about the place a few weeks ago, now a Hawk Trainer doing fly-bys at Wick this week. Could it be that a local lad has "made it" thus far in his training. Would the RAF be so accommodating in allowing lone training this far north ?
I dunno about the RAF anymore, but I have seen French Air force guys do this. Several years ago, we used to have a lone Alphajet buzz our village repeatedly for 5 minutes every few months, as opposed to the usual fly-overs in pairs/combat 4s we get from Cazeaux.
Then last year we had a Mirage 2000 turning and burning at very low level around the village a couple of times....Apparently its the son of someone in the village saying "hello".
Its generally best to make a hole in the sky.......not the ground...