OT - Wtf? A helicopter just landed next to my house...

fatrabbit · Post by **fatrabbit** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:18 pm

So I was here minding my own business, when out the corner of my eye I see a helicopter land in the field next to me...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/ ... y/Heli.jpg

They stayed for about half an hour, 5 peeps got out, like they'd run out of fuel or something.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/ ... /Heli2.jpg

But then they took off... probably because it didn't seem to have any lights for night flight so they probably had to get back quickly... but who knows... looked a bit dodgy as it took off.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/ ... /Heli3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/ ... /Heli4.jpg

I'm suprised they weren't challenged as this whole area has flight restrictions as there's a massive underground military storage/base here - 'RAF Rudloe' if you are interested in a Google.

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:47 pm

A helicopter, weird...interesting

laurence · Post by **laurence** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:00 pm

you sure it wasnt "lord of the manor" or something?, in bakewell near where i used to live, we got lord sainsbury parking his helicopter next to the river, usually blocking the footpath, guess he owned the fucking lot.

Justin Thyme · Post by **Justin Thyme** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:12 pm

Ah, the good old days!

I was a helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps for 11 years, and one of the best parts was that you didn't need to land at airports.

There could be any number of reasons why they landed. It may have been a precautionary landing due to weird cockpit readings, sounds or vibrations. Having crashed once, and done a couple precautionary landings, I fully understand these.

I've also landed just long enough to get out to take a piss, more than once!

Having flown helo's and fixed wing, helo's are definitely much more fun!

anti-banausic · Post by **anti-banausic** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:56 pm

X-files?

Herne · Post by **Herne** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:08 pm

I hope you got some nice samples, rotor wash ambience, groovy

Johnisfaster · Post by **Johnisfaster** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:22 pm

anti-banausic wrote:X-files?

one of them does look like smoking man.

Johnisfaster · Post by **Johnisfaster** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:27 pm

Justin Thyme wrote:nothing to see here, move along. the military is your friend, nothing to see here.

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:53 pm

It's probably a consignment of very hard drugs from the Transvaal.

Shoma · Post by **Shoma** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:57 pm

Happened near my house too last summer...it was just a plain hospital helicopter btw

forge · Post by **forge** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:54 pm

why didn tyou do this:

muscleandhate · Post by **muscleandhate** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:32 pm

The Chopper, surely the most inefficient means of travel.

b0unce · Post by **b0unce** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:41 pm

no shit, they use alot of fuel.

try and do a sea or mountain rescue without one tho.

fatrabbit · Post by **fatrabbit** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:45 pm

...'Cos I didn't wanna bombard people with images... if they want to see it they could click it.

forge · Post by **forge** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:55 pm

fatrabbit wrote:...'Cos I didn't wanna bombard people with images... if they want to see it they could click it.

ok well they can blame me and stick pins in my voodo effigy then

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