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Helicopter landed at work!
« on: May 25, 2010, 11:54:07 pm »
I work near an MOD base so helicopters flying by aren't really unusual. However from our laboratory I could hear one hovering and thought it was setting down in a field next to us... wrong, it set down on our test track!  :surprised:
Was carrying a visitor to our facility.

Luckily I had my camera with me and moseyed down to take some pics. The helo is an Augusta 109C, apparently.



These pitot tubes seem very insectile.


Paint was this cool blue metallic colour.


More insect-ish features.


Useful maps wedged in the cockpit


Pilot let me have a good look 'round.




And then he flew away, taking the visitors from whence they came :P

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Re: Helicopter landed at work!
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2010, 12:46:21 am »
^^^^
Really ace set of pics, Neo  :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats:

Extremely insectile (great word!)  :happy2:
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Re: Helicopter landed at work!
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2010, 07:40:56 am »











No where near as good pics but my room was shook to bits the other night, looked out my window to find that bad boy!  :evilgrin:
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Re: Helicopter landed at work!
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2010, 08:18:08 am »
^^^^
@ Mike:
First pic is great - Lots of atmosphere - Forget the others IMO  :happy2:

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Re: Helicopter landed at work!
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2010, 09:04:39 am »
cmdrfire, what do you do and how come you have a test track!!  :surprised:
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Re: Helicopter landed at work!
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2010, 11:05:44 am »
Cheers Robin!  :happy2:

@TFSI Mike, Apaches are cool! We mostly have Chinooks flying around here, Apaches are much more rare, and certainly none have set down by us! Where was that series of pics taken?

Quote from: joesgti on May 26, 2010, 09:04:39 am
cmdrfire, what do you do and how come you have a test track!!  :surprised:

I'm an engineer at an R&D company working on cars of the future  :rolleye:
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Re: Helicopter landed at work!
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2010, 11:11:00 am »
Love Apache Longbows, proper badass chopper!!
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Re: Helicopter landed at work!
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2010, 11:14:15 am »
Quote from: cmdrfire on May 26, 2010, 11:05:44 am
Cheers Robin!  :happy2:

@TFSI Mike, Apaches are cool! We mostly have Chinooks flying around here, Apaches are much more rare, and certainly none have set down by us! Where was that series of pics taken?

Quote from: joesgti on May 26, 2010, 09:04:39 am
cmdrfire, what do you do and how come you have a test track!!  :surprised:

was right outside my bedroom at brompton barracks, Chatham.
Apaches are tres cool, more so when they're saving your bacon!

Cars of the future  sounds interesting :) leak something interesting!

 

« Last Edit: May 26, 2010, 11:27:56 am by Tfsi_Mike »
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Re: Helicopter landed at work!
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2010, 11:19:52 am »
Quote from: cmdrfire on May 26, 2010, 11:05:44 am

I'm an engineer at an R&D company working on cars of the future  :rolleye:



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Re: Helicopter landed at work!
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2010, 11:23:26 am »
no VC he's working on the new Rocco R

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« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2010, 11:33:25 am »
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Re: Helicopter landed at work!
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2010, 11:54:35 am »
cars of the future!!??  :confused: we need pics!!!  :happy2:
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Re: Helicopter landed at work!
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2010, 12:00:16 pm »
This one. From last years Festival of Speed.



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Re: Helicopter landed at work!
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2010, 12:36:56 pm »
^^^
Cheers Hedge!

Quote from: Tfsi_Mike on May 26, 2010, 11:14:15 am

was right outside my bedroom at brompton barracks, Chatham.
Apaches are tres cool, more so when they're saving your bacon!

Cars of the future  sounds interesting :) leak something interesting!


Can't leak anything, I'd lose my job!  :scared: suffice to say there's something interesting things afoot...
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Re: Helicopter landed at work!
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2010, 12:37:53 pm »
Are you at FoS this year?
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