[Closed] 3 Chinooks over London now

"Wonder why that is?"

you can tell when you're going off course quite easily.

I think the thames was always used as a navigational aid for helicopters. It makes sense really. Nice and visible for VFR flight.

William and Harry coming to visit granny?

I seem to remember something about black helicoptors swarming down the Thames a while back. Might bbe the same people. Run for it!

Ah good, my transport has arrived. Was wondering where they were.

Fred, are we going to have a re run of the "where helicopters can fly in London" thread

Go on, it'd brighten my day...

That will be the Lord Tharg from Onsillon coming to meet with Prime Minister Brown (note the silly preceeding title of Brown)

Flashy, tell you what- they'd be bastard handy for going bikies with! Ride into the back, up and way, drop off wherever you fancy!

I like hekelopters...

RudeBoy, they're handy for the boats as well;

[url= http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MHztE34Wuuo ]Clicky linky[/url]

Wow...

Want one...

T'is a regular run, they do it at least once a week.

[i]T'is a regular run, they do it at least once a week.[/i]

Has the £sterling dropped even further to the Euro? Sheesh.

Is Fred on here again?

Shall we do the helicopter tango again Fred?

I like Chinooks. Quite cute and cuddly looking, for a hekelopter, aren't they?

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(Whistles tune from 'Airwolf)

yep, I am up near Tottenham Court Road with a good view south and a chinook or two come over a couple of times a month at least. 3 at a time quite rare though.

That's what I thought. Quite often get just the one, sometimes 2, but 3 is unprecedented! Triple treat for RudeBoy! 😀

Now, if we're talking hekelopters, we need to mention the ugly beasts that one sees so often around Salisbury Plain. If ever a machine was deigned to be menacing, this is it;

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Then again, the Mi-24 was a pretty hardcore piece of kit, too;
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I have also seen unmarked Apache Longbow's & Super Stallions flying the same path.

we used to get loads of helicopters flying over our nursery in Acton Town. I think they were mostly coming from RAF Northolt. Made a bloody great racket, especialy when the chinooks came over.

HIND-D!!!!

One of my favouritest hekelopters of all time!!!!!!!!

Oh, thank you, Cap'n Flashy!!!

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Hinds are horrible, they're ugly humpbacked things.
Although I suppose a Chinook will never win any beauty contests either...

you can't beat a good old Sea King for impressive power

i love those whirlybirds

small ones are far more fun to fly in though

How about we kick it old school one time?

Wessex

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This might even be Humphrey, not too sure.

CFH - I'll raise you your Wessex with a Wessex being RTR refuelled by me in Dungannon.

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those blankets look a bit messy jim

Of course they look messy. Have you ever tried stuffing one into a Wessex fuel tank?

oh go on then, seems as though i'm in the company of fellow helo lovers.

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[url] http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dab_hhoG-LY [/url]
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i thought that's what tea bagging was?

Ah, Westland. Wonder what happened to them? Flashy?

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For improved pilot survivability the Ka-50 is fitted with a NPP Zvezda K-37-800 ejection seat, which is a rare feature for a helicopter. Before the rocket in the ejection seat kicks in, rotor blades are blown away by explosive charges in the rotor disc and the canopy is similarly jettisoned.

don't some helicopters have sideways firing seats as well?

That Wessex is still on a Farm down at North Arm, Falkland Islands..

The old boy dragged it there with his tractor after the lads trip [i]down south[/i] had finished..

Saw those three chinooks out near Knaphill(Woking)this afternoon, Heading back to base I presume.

i always thought this 'rescue' was impressive 🙂

[url= http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-MuRp8i94CQ ]chinook + seaking[/url]

http://www.bondoffshorehelicopters.com/

It beats getting the train to work! I love the heli, 'spesh when the weather is bad. I think it's an adrenaline thing.

I'm in an SAR organisation and we sometimes train with the Navy. Being on 29foot RIB with a Merlin hovering 30 feet above you is fun. They kick out a bit of downdraft!

similarly with mountaiin rescue exercises, real buzz

This is a nice display chopper, was at RIAT in 2006 doing some tricky manoeuvres (for a helicopter anyway)

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[i]similarly with mountaiin rescue exercises, real buzz [/i]

Yeah, watching the Sea King land at the top of Castle Crag descent to pick up my broken mate was a good one. Mountain Rescue said they always liked to use the whole rescue package of flares and watching big yellow helicopters land in impossible spaces.