Typical, you wait for 8 years then 2 come at once!....
13-01-2010, 14:14
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Typical, you wait for 8 years then 2 come at once!....
Chinooks that is:
http://news.aol.co.uk/chinooks-opera...08592161437676
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The first of eight Chinook Mk3 helicopters have been unveiled following a refit after standing idle for more than eight years because of a blunder.
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13-01-2010, 14:24
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Re: Typical, you wait for 8 years then 2 come at once!....
You must mean these two which came in high and then went low about 200ft(ish) over the north end of the village yesterday at 10:33z (they were high as they came over the Chilterns before hitting the village)
Just managed to grab my phone to snap this shot
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13-01-2010, 14:28
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Re: Typical, you wait for 8 years then 2 come at once!....
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(they were high as they came over the Chilterns before hitting the village)
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OMG!!! I didn't read anything about that. Were the pilots OK?  
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13-01-2010, 16:21
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Re: Typical, you wait for 8 years then 2 come at once!....
Can't we send that pile of excrement Bob Jobsworth out to Afghan to find IED's that might kill or wound a better man....
Oh.... Nice to see the SF Chinooks flying as ordinary Chinooks after 8 years as Hanger Queens. Typical balls-up under Nu-Liebour.... 
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13-01-2010, 16:33
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Re: Typical, you wait for 8 years then 2 come at once!....
Wokkawokka's!!
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13-01-2010, 17:20
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Re: Typical, you wait for 8 years then 2 come at once!....
There were two in formation over Hampshire yesterday - heading for Odiham - probably the same two.
We are on a regular Chinook flight path - can feel them coming well in advance of seeing them.
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13-01-2010, 17:24
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Re: Typical, you wait for 8 years then 2 come at once!....
We get Chinooks, Lynx, Merlins/Pumas as well as being on the flightpath for the Chiltern Air Support (police) and occasionally my favourite the Apache longbows.
We aso get a lot of the stuff coming in/out of Duxford..
Lately though the Puma's and Chinooks seem to be using the village as a nav point as they tend to alter both height and heading at the north end of the village where we are
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13-01-2010, 21:11
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Re: Typical, you wait for 8 years then 2 come at once!....
Helicopters are fine as long as they keep on moving, hearing them hovering over your head for years on end can send you a little batty.
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14-01-2010, 09:55
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Re: Typical, you wait for 8 years then 2 come at once!....
IIRC these Chinooks were grounded because their software hadn't passed safety tests. Pity this didn't happen to the earlier ones (like the one that crashed on Mull).
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14-01-2010, 10:51
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Re: Typical, you wait for 8 years then 2 come at once!....
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IIRC these Chinooks were grounded because their software hadn't passed safety tests. Pity this didn't happen to the earlier ones (like the one that crashed on Mull).
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That is a whole other thread
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/20...en-caused.html
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14-01-2010, 10:55
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Re: Typical, you wait for 8 years then 2 come at once!....
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Helicopters are fine as long as they keep on moving, hearing them hovering over your head for years on end can send you a little batty.
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If you've been hearing helicopters over your head for years, there are drugs you can take that will make the noises go away. 
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14-01-2010, 11:18
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Re: Typical, you wait for 8 years then 2 come at once!....
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If you've been hearing helicopters over your head for years, there are drugs you can take that will make the noises go away. |
Perhaps it's the drug consumption that is the cause of helicopters apparently flying over your head.
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14-01-2010, 11:20
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Re: Typical, you wait for 8 years then 2 come at once!....
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If you've been hearing helicopters over your head for years, there are drugs you can take that will make the noises go away. |
Or he could just stop stealing cars....
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