Video of plane 'crashing' into Ullswater Lake - Cumbria

[anonymous-user]

I put 'crashing' in the title as thats what the local news outlets were calling it.

"Skimming the water for a laugh" seems more appropriate.

Whatever you want to call it, it provoked a massive response from worried emergency services teams, the CAA, and was caught on video.

They pilot has skills for sure but I have a feeling he might get his arse smacked for that? It's usually a very busy lake on a nice day.

http://www.cumbriacrack.com/2015/04/13/video-plane...

[Oily Nails]

Well if the CAA don't want a word, you can bet the holiday home owners of "the friends of the lake district" will be sharpening their pens for his/her blood

[davepoth]

Isn't that a US registration number on the plane? I'm not even sure this was filmed in the UK.

[CAPP0]

Why TF did it "spark a major SAR operation" when it very clearly took off again from a form of touch & go? Is the Cumbria Crack the local version of the Wail?

[Eric Mc]

davepoth said:

Isn't that a US registration number on the plane? I'm not even sure this was filmed in the UK.

It is American registered but there are many US registered aircraft based in the UK.

[anonymous-user]

CAPP0 said:

Why TF did it "spark a major SAR operation" when it very clearly took off again from a form of touch & go? Is the Cumbria Crack the local version of the Wail?

To be fair, Cumbria Crack is usually pretty decent as a local news source.

[Dr Jekyll]

Which laws were broken? Speed limit for the lake no doubt. But if the aircraft stayed 500 feet from boats etc touching the water doesn't seem a specific offence. Presumably there is an aeronautical equivalent of the dangerous driving offence.

[FourWheelDrift]

Looked like it had those big balloon tundra tyres, see this a lot in Canada/North America.









they even have competitions for it, maybe he was on his holidays in the UK and just practicing

[yellowjack]

Only three photos, all UK, all north of Manchester... http://jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?regsearch=N280...

Potentially based here...

http://www.glenswinton.co.uk/

...and this https://www.flickr.com/photos/71646081@N05/1335787... ???

I know there's more than one Peter Jackson, but could it be anything to do with the Hobbit/LOTR director?

[anonymous-user]

I'm not a pilot. The closest I have come is being made to fly various RAF training aircraft at bases around the country which I didn't really enjoy, so the following concerns about the incident may or may not be valid:

Isn't there a rule against low flying such as this. Do aircraft not have to adhere to a minimum height?

Also, my main issue is that upon making contact with the water, I would be worried that the drag on the tyres from the water would be so great that it might flip the plane over forwards?

[Dr Jekyll]

NinjaPower said:

I'm not a pilot. The closest I have come is being made to fly various RAF training aircraft at bases around the country which I didn't really enjoy, so the following concerns about the incident may or may not be valid:

Isn't there a rule against low flying such as this. Do aircraft not have to adhere to a minimum height?

Also, my main issue is that upon making contact with the water, I would be worried that the drag on the tyres from the water would be so great that it might flip the plane over forwards?

The rule is not within 500 feet of any IIRC person vehicle or structure, which I think includes boats. So going low over water isn't necessarily a problem.

It's certainly dangerous, the drag on the tyres isn't a problem providing it just touches, but too deep and the aircraft would certainly flip. With those big tyres there is an element of buoyancy so maybe not quite as lunatic as with conventional wheels.

[yellowjack]

FourWheelDrift said:

Looked like it had those big balloon tundra tyres, see this a lot in Canada/North America...

...and Zimbabwe?

[FourWheelDrift]

He's on holiday as well

[Hooli]

I'd love to have seen that, very cool.

[Steve_D]

Saw that some years ago on a documentary about Aussie crop dusters who called it 'Water Skiing'.

Steve

[ninja-lewis]

Formation close up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROKv87GjDWU

[Vipers]

Dr Jekyll said:

Which laws were broken? Speed limit for the lake no doubt. But if the aircraft stayed 500 feet from boats etc touching the water doesn't seem a specific offence. Presumably there is an aeronautical equivalent of the dangerous driving offence.

Given that the RAF often fly jets around the lakes, I am sure he wouldn't have had permission to fly that low over the lake, or even be in the vicinity. Just guessing.

[anonymous-user]

FourWheelDrift said:

Looked like it had those big balloon tundra tyres, see this a lot in Canada/North America.









they even have competitions for it, maybe he was on his holidays in the UK and just practicing

That last pilot^^^, i think he's doing it wrong.......... ;-)

[V8LM]

Eric Mc said:

davepoth said:

Isn't that a US registration number on the plane? I'm not even sure this was filmed in the UK.

It is American registered but there are many US registered aircraft based in the UK.

N280SA - SOUTHERN AIRCRAFT CONSULTANCY INC TRUSTEE, ENGLAND.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/n280sa...

[civicduty]

Training as an aerial firefighter?