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

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:18 pm
by fatrabbit
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.
8O

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:47 pm
by djadonis206
A helicopter, weird...interesting

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:00 pm
by laurence
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.

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:12 pm
by Justin Thyme
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! 8O :oops: 8)

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

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:56 pm
by anti-banausic
X-files?

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:08 pm
by Herne
I hope you got some nice samples, rotor wash ambience, groovy :lol:

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:22 pm
by Johnisfaster
anti-banausic wrote:X-files?
one of them does look like smoking man.

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:27 pm
by Johnisfaster
Justin Thyme wrote:nothing to see here, move along. the military is your friend, nothing to see here.
:)

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:53 pm
by Pitch Black
It's probably a consignment of very hard drugs from the Transvaal.

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:57 pm
by Shoma
Happened near my house too last summer...it was just a plain hospital helicopter btw

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

Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:54 pm
by forge
why didn tyou do this:

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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:32 pm
by muscleandhate
The Chopper, surely the most inefficient means of travel.

Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:41 pm
by b0unce
no shit, they use alot of fuel.

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

Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:45 pm
by fatrabbit
...'Cos I didn't wanna bombard people with images... if they want to see it they could click it. :)

Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:55 pm
by forge
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