Jambo
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Theres an Airfield near my house, and very close to a number of others in the local area. Lots of light aircraft fly over etc...
Occasionaly i hear a slightyl more gruff engine note and bolt to the nearest window kicking the dog in the process or spilling my beer etc, only to be met with a small civilian plane of no interest whatsoever
Today i hear an engine note, think whats the point in getting up it always turns out to be a boring Cessna or something equally flacid. After a while i got out my seat and walked to the window:
It was a fucking Hurricane
I could just make out the stubby wingtips as it was flying off into the distance Gutted.
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DaveyLC
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Is that waltham?
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Whittie
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Its heading for us
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nathy_87
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Alwasy the way mate, I live near JCB Headquaters and the main guy Mr. bamford flys his helicopter over and lands it on his pad. One day thoguh nothing of it (as it flys over my house) and got up to see it was a ChinHook helicopter
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Jambo
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Yeah Davey although i doubt he was coming from there, flew off towards woodley.
5dr- You DINT realise it was a chinook? Have you ever heard anything in your life that sounded similar?!
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Nick-S
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how the hell do you mistake the sounds of a random light aircraft for the sound of a RR merlin powerd hurricane!!
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DaveyLC
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WTF is a ChinHook? lol
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Eck
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It's a Chinook, not Chinhook Nath
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DaveyLC
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quote: Originally posted by Jambo
Yeah Davey although i doubt he was coming from there, flew off towards woodley.
Quick someone better tell him that Woodley airfield was re-developed as a housing estate about 20 years ago!
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nathy_87
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quote: Originally posted by Eck
It's a Chinook, not Chinhook Nath
Always thought they were ChinHooks
Thats what you do in blooming martial arts.
My bad.
[Edited on 30-10-2009 by 5dr corsa-3dr_polo]
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C2RL R
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a Chinook flew over my house a couple of months ago.
I didn't have a clue what it was when i heard the bastard in the distance. we rarely get anything interesting flying round here so the "boom boom boom" noise of an approaching Chinook got me well excited.
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Mike GSi
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something loud just flew past mine, and nothing ever comes over mine which direction was it going jambo?
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nathy_87
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They are bloody loud aren't they C2RL R?
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C2RL R
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yes mate they are loud as fuck! i was so excited i couldn't get my lens cap off and only just managed to snap that pic before it went behind the trees. probably never see one again round our way. we just get boring passenger planes.
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Mike GSi
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Saying that ^ an Apache was hovering about a field near me the other day, about the hight of a lamp post! just hovering for about 15 mins
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Nick-S
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some people call them Wocka Wockas because of the noise they make
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Jambo
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quote: Originally posted by GSi_16v
how the hell do you mistake the sounds of a random light aircraft for the sound of a RR merlin powerd hurricane!!
He was flying pedestrian and it was a fair way away. He wasn't climbing or anything just a gentle straight flight
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nathy_87
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at "Couldnt get my lens cap off".
Was a rare site for me aswell, aint got a clue where they were going.
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Tomnova16
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a chinook flew over the beach in LA followed by two other choppers, wandered what was going on as they were really low
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Nick-S
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2nlGN6aS8g&feature=related
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Jambo
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Chinook flew over me on Millenium Bridge in London in September
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Tom
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A chinook landed in my school playground when i was a kid awesome noise!
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Seany
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quote: Originally posted by Tom
A chinook landed in my school playground when i was a kid awesome noise!
we had an army day at school got to sit in it, also got a shot af quad bikes and a ride in the land rovers
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Nick-S
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quote: Originally posted by Seany
quote: Originally posted by Tom
A chinook landed in my school playground when i was a kid awesome noise!
we had an army day at school got to sit in it, also got a shot af quad bikes and a ride in the land rovers
i went in 1 3 times when i was in cadets about 5 years ago
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Daimo B
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Cadets rocked!! (air or scummy army?)
I'd deffo recommed kids to join up as you get to do so much that normal folk don't...
Like dangle out of helicopters, stand on flight decks or Hurcules when landing/taking off, flying a plane, firing guns
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