Seen Over Your House Today

[Captain Canada]

[PR19_Kit]

Shame the AAC don't actually have Merlins.............

Isn't there some 'agreement' that limits the weight of AAC's aircraft? That's why the Pumas, Merlins and Wokkas are all in the RAF. And perhaps why the RAF don't have Lynxs or Apaches of any sort?

[Aircav]

Shame the AAC don't actually have Merlins.............

Isn't there some 'agreement' that limits the weight of AAC's aircraft? That's why the Pumas, Merlins and Wokkas are all in the RAF. And perhaps why the RAF don't have Lynxs or Apaches of any sort?

Yeap, it started at 5000lb's I think but has slowly crept up and at first the powers to be wouldn't let them fit weapons to the aircraft, seems they thought the pilots would get them selfs in to something they couldn't get out of.  

Nice 412 pics Toadie 

[karlik]

One autumn evening this year in front of my house landed this rescue helicopter of Czech AF - PZL W-3 Sokol

[upnorth]

Wow! That must have been noisy to have it land on the street in front of your house, Karlik.

What was happening that it landed in the street like that?

[karlik]

Yes, very noisy, I have more photos and video, add a link tomorrow
I live in a residential house /in the Czech Republic known as "panelák"/, helicopter flew there for the injured 1 year old child from our house - none of my family - luckily

[B777LR]

We were working in QC last week and they were doing an aerial survey...this guy kept flying over the rig....

Cool, looks like the new cheap Royal Navy ASW aircraft! Look at the MAD boom...

[pyro-manic]

Don't go giving them any ideas....

[karlik]

There are two photos and a link to free download video. Video was acquired by a compact camera without picture stabilisator, so sorry for the quality
http://uloz.to/3040613/pzl3-sokol-landing-on-street.avi.avi

[upnorth]

Nice links Karlik, Where in the republic was that?

[karlik]

Kdyne, West Bohemia, Pilsen Region
helicopter from Líně airport near Pilsen: http://www.lzsline.cz/historie.html

[upnorth]

Thanks for the link Karlik. I'll use it to practice my Czech reading and vocabulary skills.

[Army of One]

Not over my house but while at work....not to far from the heliport in Battersea....I was in the rear yard and heard the sound of helo's....look up and saw two dark green painted Sea Kings (Commando ?) flying low n slow...got a pic of one on the iphone I have...but it looks really small as the camera don't have a zoom n I ain't downloaded the app for the zoom,been told there is one for it.

[Hawkeye]

Not a great picture but you can see that it is a B747.



The other day this and several other heavies flew over the house. Seems they shifted the corridor for those aircraft departing Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas bound to Seoul, Tokyo and Oz a bit west, putting it right overhead. Before I could see them flying from south to north east of where I live. Funny how much noise a 747 can generate even at that altitude on a clear day. Checking Flightaware this flight was out of Chicago, chugging along at 30,000 feet when it suddenly made a 30 degree left turn...the vapor trail pic didn't turn out to show the sudden swerve in course. What a surprise! The passengers probably didn't expect it either.

[Green Dragon]

Saw a couple of Blackhawk choppers flying into Edinburgh airport today, about half past one this afternoon. Could have been one doing a couple of approaches. First time I've seen one outside of an  airshow.

Paul Harrison