Get our daily email briefing straight to your inbox Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailBritain's trainee Top Guns have been banned from flying over water in case the pilots drown, we can reveal. A military watchdog which has to approve flying by RAF, Royal Navy and Army aircraft ordered the restriction for student pilots on the Beechcraft Texan T1 planes following concerns over the life raft, life jacket and a harness. He said in a written Commons answer: “The operation of Texan T1 trainers over water is currently minimised on a temporary basis. Locals living in North Wales hoped the planes flying over the sea would help cut the noise residents suffer. “Restrictions are placed on the height, speeds and operating procedures of all military aircraft, including the Texan T1, and the amount of training conducted is limited to the operational requirement.”

Source: Daily Mirror July 17, 2020 20:00 UTC