Low flying chinooks

[Tinbasherdan]

See plenty I would consider low over this way, but the two that just went over took the biscuit. I’m surprised they didn’t have to stop at the traffic lights up the road. Dogs crapped themselves and things were rattling on shelves, absolutely epic. Flightradar24 shows them heading over ladybower so presume they’re on a night ex

 

[Bullet2012]

We get them here, normally on a Monday or Tuesday evening , but none tonight, maybe they are a migratory beast and are heading north for the summer .

 

[Tinbasherdan]

We get them here, normally on a Monday or Tuesday evening , but none tonight, maybe they are a migratory beast and are heading north for the summer .

I thought it was the neighbour at first, he has a gazelle , but it just carried on getting louder and louder

 

[pedrobedro]

We went up to Ladybower a couple of years back and saw two Apache helicopters flying over the dam, impressive.

 

[pcwizme]

We had one the other week, low as anything, looked like it was practising landing at the hospital then flying back off

 

[fizzy]

Get them quite often by us. And all manner of other aircraft. I had quite a fright when a few F35s came over at about 100' - well below the valley sides. The sheep didn't even stop grazing
One day I was driving up out of the valley - forest so not much of a view. I could hear loud engine noise - I kept checking my mirrors to see what was overtaking. Then I saw it through the trees - one of the new Airbus A400m C130 replacements. Quite a big plane to be flying that low in a valley! See them a lot these days.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Lots of military heli action on flightradar24 tonight, few chinooks, some Juno, couple of Apache

 

[Seadog]

Thursday is Chinook day in Walthamstow.

 

[The Artilleryman]

Best noise in the world, sound of a Chinook.

Once in Germany on exercise we slung 3 105's under a Chinook - instead of normally one when training - great fun as hook up crew/ heli handler.

Mind you I've also seen a well wrecked 1/2 ton trailer that was dropped, when it started to swing a bit too much for the heli - think that was a Puma though.

 

[ronan]

See plenty I would consider low over this way, but the two that just went over took the biscuit. I’m surprised they didn’t have to stop at the traffic lights up the road. Dogs crapped themselves and things were rattling on shelves, absolutely epic. Flightradar24 shows them heading over ladybower so presume they’re on a night ex

Anything police or military over here doesn't turn up on Flightradar, does it in the UK ?

 

[PhillipM]

I came back from a car show in the hills by Sheffield once and a chinook came *up* out of the dip/small valley at the side of the road alongside me, I could have thrown the guys on the ramp a beer it was that close. Certainly woke me up on the that trip

 

[JMS1972]

I heard a couple of helicopters go north last night flying in close formation. Too dark to ID but they were loud enough to be Chinooks

 

[Kayos]

Anything police or military over here doesn't turn up on Flightradar, does it in the UK ?

I use 360 radar, works out at £2 per month and shows everything

 

[dobbslc]

I saw 2 heading N/E over the M25 yesterday at 5pm. Lovely noise!

 

[Bornfree]

We get very few chinooks flying over stanta now. The ospreys seem to have taken over. They are incredibly noisy when in hover mode.

 

[Brad93]

Brilliant!

Lancaster went over the workshop the other day, at first I thought oh it's just another chinook, but as it got louder I thought nope that's a propeller. Ran out and about 350 foot up was a Lancaster right overhead. Now that's a noise.

 

[Brad93]

Having a quick read up about the BBMF Lancaster. It has been at Duxford since last season under major maintenance, due to be returned Summer of 2021 and isn't scheduled for any events yet. So it either done a big Essex loop before heading back to Coningsby or they had it out on testing. Must of been last week or the week before I saw it, no mistaking 4 props and that tail.

 

[johnik]

I used to live near RAF Northolt, we had the BOB flight stay over when doing displays, a spit buzzed me at about 30 feet when i was walking my dog, i nearly wet myself

 

[Hog-Rider]

Often see them coming over here, Henley in Arden Warwickshire, Last week a couple came over, They seem to be heading south, My Daughter who used to be in the RAF told me that they are often out on training exorcizes around dusk just before it gets dark in the evenings.

 

[OJCar]

Anything police or military over here doesn't turn up on Flightradar, does it in the UK ?

Yes and No.
They are sometimes there in the sky, very visible, but nothing on Flightradar.
Presumably they can switch off something when they need to.