Apache Lands In Local Field...

[sa_20v]

One afternoon last week I was working from home and heard what sounded like a helicopter spooling up. We do have a local who owns a helicopter, so I assumed it was him. However, the noise grew louder, and as I watched, an apache rose into the air from a field the other side of the village.

Can anyone explain what was going on? There are no military bases (that I know of) in our tiny community.

[f1dget]

Pherhaps a summer training camp?A few years back there was 4 apaches operating out of Carlisle Airport for about a fortnight while a T.A Battlion was on its 2 week summer camp.

[wolves_wanderer]

Maybe the pilot just needed a piss? In my old job we stopped in random fields on more than one occasion to answer nature's call

[nonplussed]

Prince William out and about?

[Thurbs]

Could have been practising a autorotation?

[eccles]

When out on airtest post depth servicing from Wattisham the often drop into fields, or hover just above the ground whist testing and collating figures.