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3 Chinooks over London now
RudeBoy
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Just went over me, heading into town. Thought we were being invaded! Bloody things rattled me letterbox!

Look, how they seem to follow the course of the Thames. Wonder why that is?
Posted 12 years ago

wwaswas
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“Wonder why that is?”

you can tell when you’re going off course quite easily.
Posted 12 years ago

Surfr
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I think the thames was always used as a navigational aid for helicopters. It makes sense really. Nice and visible for VFR flight.
Posted 12 years ago

MoreCashThanDash
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William and Harry coming to visit granny?
Posted 12 years ago

WorldClassAccident
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I seem to remember something about black helicoptors swarming down the Thames a while back. Might bbe the same people. Run for it!
Posted 12 years ago

CaptainFlashheart
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Ah good, my transport has arrived. Was wondering where they were.
Posted 12 years ago

nickc
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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…
Posted 12 years ago

hora
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That will be the Lord Tharg from Onsillon coming to meet with Prime Minister Brown (note the silly preceeding title of Brown)
Posted 12 years ago

RudeBoy
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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…
Posted 12 years ago

CaptainFlashheart
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RudeBoy, they’re handy for the boats as well;

Clicky linky
Posted 12 years ago

RudeBoy
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Wow…

Want one…
Posted 12 years ago

GTDave
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T’is a regular run, they do it at least once a week.
Posted 12 years ago

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

Has the £sterling dropped even further to the Euro? Sheesh.
Posted 12 years ago

sootyandjim
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Is Fred on here again?

Shall we do the helicopter tango again Fred?
Posted 12 years ago

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

(Whistles tune from ‘Airwolf)
Posted 12 years ago

whippersnapper
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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.
Posted 12 years ago

RudeBoy
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That’s what I thought. Quite often get just the one, sometimes 2, but 3 is unprecedented! Triple treat for RudeBoy! 😀
Posted 12 years ago

CaptainFlashheart
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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;

Then again, the Mi-24 was a pretty hardcore piece of kit, too;

Posted 12 years ago

GTDave
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I have also seen unmarked Apache Longbow’s & Super Stallions flying the same path.
Posted 12 years ago

curtisthecat
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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.
Posted 12 years ago

RudeBoy
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HIND-D!!!!

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

Oh, thank you, Cap’n Flashy!!!

Posted 12 years ago

crazy-legs
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Hinds are horrible, they’re ugly humpbacked things.
Although I suppose a Chinook will never win any beauty contests either…
Posted 12 years ago

mrmichaelwright
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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
Posted 12 years ago

CaptainFlashheart
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How about we kick it old school one time?

Wessex

This might even be Humphrey, not too sure.
Posted 12 years ago

sootyandjim
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CFH – I’ll raise you your Wessex with a Wessex being RTR refuelled by me in Dungannon.

Posted 12 years ago

mrmichaelwright
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those blankets look a bit messy jim
Posted 12 years ago

sootyandjim
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Of course they look messy. Have you ever tried stuffing one into a Wessex fuel tank?
Posted 12 years ago

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

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4eHyLS5B3s8
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dab_hhoG-LY
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oM2YqJDmvSk
Posted 12 years ago

mrmichaelwright
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i thought that’s what tea bagging was?
Posted 12 years ago

RudeBoy
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Ah, Westland. Wonder what happened to them? Flashy?
Posted 12 years ago

Muke
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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.
Posted 12 years ago

mrmichaelwright
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don’t some helicopters have sideways firing seats as well?
Posted 12 years ago

Teetosugars
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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 down south had finished..
Posted 12 years ago

Sonor
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Saw those three chinooks out near Knaphill(Woking)this afternoon, Heading back to base I presume.
Posted 12 years ago

meeeee
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i always thought this ‘rescue’ was impressive 🙂

chinook + seaking
Posted 12 years ago

rowemasters
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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.
Posted 12 years ago

UncleFred
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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!
Posted 12 years ago

mrmichaelwright
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similarly with mountaiin rescue exercises, real buzz
Posted 12 years ago

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

Posted 12 years ago

crazy-legs
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similarly with mountaiin rescue exercises, real buzz

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.
Posted 12 years ago