RAF jet forced to dodge head-on collision with gyrocopter inquiry told 02/03/2021 An RAF Hawk jet flying at 420mph had to veer away to dodge a head-on collision with a gyrocopter, it has been revealed. The jet passed within around 1,000ft of the gyrocopter carrying two people, near Pooley Bridge. The gyrocopter pilot assessed the risk of collision between the two aircraft as being “extremely high”, an inquiry into the incident was told. The pilot of the Hawk T1 jet spotted the yellow gyrocopter when it was around a mile away, heading straight towards him as he approached Pooley Bridge down the Ullswater Valley, leaving him just seconds to execute a “climbing break” involving stress forces of 4G to avoid possible collision.