I guess the title needs some explaining....
It's actually the first time I've been "shot down" by a Typhoon...
What happened is as follows:
I was flying my Cub at our registered model airfield in Kivik (in the south of Sweden) today, when all of a sudden we saw two Eurofighter Typhoons silently coming in from the east!
I could only state that they were:
1- over our model airfields regulated flight area
2- a good bit below 100-120 meters. (They are not to fly below 100 meters, and we have 120 meters as a maximum flight height).
3- flying damn fast!
I instinctively dove to keep out of the way.
But a couple of seconds after they passed, my Cub went straight down into the field, looking like a leaf in an autumn storm! Now we're talking turbulence!
There wasn't anything I could do to save the model, it was totally out of control.
These two British fighter planes were involved in bombing and shooting practice at the Ravlunda firing range, but they shouldn't fly so low over our flying field. The swedish JAS Griffon planes we also saw, flew higher and more over the range.
I got really scared of what could've happen if we had collided in the air.
We model pilots have a duty to avoid full scale aircraft, but you hardly have any time to react when they come so low and fast.
There was no NOTAM regarding this joint exercise, only the shooting range's own information about safety distances and the restrictions of their area.
No restriction was in action in our airspace.
In my case, it was "only" time and money that was lost, but if a jet fighter airplane goes down after a collision, many lives can be in danger.
I have been in contact with both the Air Force and the Swedish Transport Agency about this incident.
Your thoughts?