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Better on some terrain than others, as the Benson lads found out up the road from here last year
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Thought it sounded familiar - 2021.
Chinooks are fucking mental, I’ve never been in anything that bent and rattled like that when being thrown about. Could swear that in one night landing I heard a bolt go ping and fly past my ear.
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It’s the only helicopter that can lift its own weight isn’t it?
It can indeed. They train pilots out of Benson so we see (and hear) them a lot round here. Quite impressive if they come at you low and at full throttle.
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Sikorsky Skycrane can too.
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Occasionally we have one that comes over the house. Most times it’s a loud noise. A few weeks back it flew, what seemed, a few feet above roof level. The house shat itself
I had the pleasure of being a guest at RAF Odiham some years ago. Pilots were putting a serviced Chinook through its paces, how something that big can stand on its nose, sit on its backside almost vertically and fly so quickly turning on a sixpence I’ll never know. The pilots were obviously having fun but not as much as me. When skill and a capable machine gel it’s awesome to behold.
Often see them flying along the Thames when I am in the office. The noise is so distinctive and of course fantastic.
Far more occasionally they land on Hampstead Heath but sadly I think that is when someone needs to be taken to the Royal Free Hospital urgently.
Still amazing to see something that big lift off the ground.
Amazing capture…
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Stunning work.
I agree a good capture but am I missing something? That isn’t Concorde - it looks like a Vucan (although I am no avaiation expert)
Oh man, have I been duped?
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‘RAF Luton’ is a spoof. Bit played-out now TBH.
Thank you Maureen.