Two Super Pumas over Horsham

[knight]

A rare sight in this part of the world, 2 Super Pumas heading west at about 1730. I'd love to live somewhere that had a lot more military overflights

[HoHoHo]

I live south of Horsham near Ashington and we often get Chinooks flying low on a fairly frequent basis and sometimes low enough to see whites of eyes

Can be a bit of a shock at 1am

[tuffer]

I believe the Super Puma is only used by civilian companies, if they were in camoflage/drab green then they are just Pumas but may be the latest upgraded version. Sorry for being a pedant.

[knight]

Got some friends in Southwater who quite regularly get military traffic.

Last time I saw a Chinook in the area was just south of Billingshurst a few winters ago, it was dark but I managed to spot an even darker area of the sky just before it passed overhead my car

[knight]

tuffer said:

I believe the Super Puma is only used by civilian companies, if they were in camoflage/drab green then they are just Pumas but may be the latest upgraded version. Sorry for being a pedant.

My mistake, I thought a Puma with the extended air intakes was a Super Puma but I guess they are fitted on military helicopters as well. Must improve my aircraft recognition skills

[Eric Mc]

The RAF's Pumas (which are of the "ornery" variety) have had those filters fitted for many years.

[Stedman]

I think they just flew over my place in Crawley.

[anonymous-user]

HoHoHo said:

low enough to see whites of eyes

Can be a bit of a shock at 1am

I'm more shocked that it doesn't get dark where you live.

[knight]

Stedman said:

I think they just flew over my place in Crawley.

They did come from that direction.

[HoHoHo]

Crossflow Kid said:

HoHoHo said:

low enough to see whites of eyes

Can be a bit of a shock at 1am

I'm more shocked that it doesn't get dark where you live.

Never dark here, we're twinned with the North Pole