Salisbury Plain Helicopter pics
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I decided to venture down to the Plain for the first time as oppsoe to the loop. spent a morning there before the rain came thundering in!
This Apache was here for 30minutes. 5 of which were just spent hovering - didnt even move! lots of go arounds and showing off for the camera, went over my feet at 20feet - twice!
Should hopefully have some images from the "Loop" on Monday of some "special" stuff ;-) Will post them up when i'm back, Cheers, Dave.
This Apache was here for 30minutes. 5 of which were just spent hovering - didnt even move! lots of go arounds and showing off for the camera, went over my feet at 20feet - twice!
Should hopefully have some images from the "Loop" on Monday of some "special" stuff ;-) Will post them up when i'm back, Cheers, Dave.
How do you get so close, and don't you ever get questioned by Plod for taking pictures ? Not saying you should , but in an age where if you take a picture in the street or of your kid in a park or some place, I just thought there must be a high chance of you being questioned.
Oh, great pictures too !
Oh, great pictures too !
D4VE 3LL said:
doh - my head! How did you know I was 6ft! . Deptford. No plod, none around - they dont mind as long as you stick to your side of the line. Theres no fence to stop you, but common sense should prevail. They all show off for the camera anyway.
My iccle plane is based at Deptford and the helicopters really do make for some interesting landings at times as our strip ends just where their airspace/playground starts! At the other end we have a live firing range :/It's a Gazelle from the Empire Test Pilots' School at Boscombe Down. The probe is non-standard, and will sense air data such as static and dynamic air pressure. There's a yaw vane attached to it also. It enables baby test pilots to fly flight-test profiles with more accurate and extensive data in the cockpit than would be available in a normal off-the-shelf Gazelle. The probe sticks out quite far from the nose in order that it sits in free-stream airflow, before said airflow is affected by the fuselage.
Some good pics. I had my first go at circuits and hovering in a Gazelle at that very place during a jolly with work. The public do have access to the non-exploding bits of Salisbury Plain and can get quite close. On the same Gazelle sortie we did some confined area work, and after landing the helicopter on the forest floor after having descended through a comically tight gap in some trees some bloke wandered past walking his dog!
Some good pics. I had my first go at circuits and hovering in a Gazelle at that very place during a jolly with work. The public do have access to the non-exploding bits of Salisbury Plain and can get quite close. On the same Gazelle sortie we did some confined area work, and after landing the helicopter on the forest floor after having descended through a comically tight gap in some trees some bloke wandered past walking his dog!
speedtwelve said:
It's a Gazelle from the Empire Test Pilots' School at Boscombe Down. The probe is non-standard, and will sense air data such as static and dynamic air pressure. There's a yaw vane attached to it also. It enables baby test pilots to fly flight-test profiles with more accurate and extensive data in the cockpit than would be available in a normal off-the-shelf Gazelle. The probe sticks out quite far from the nose in order that it sits in free-stream airflow, before said airflow is affected by the fuselage.
Some good pics. I had my first go at circuits and hovering in a Gazelle at that very place during a jolly with work. The public do have access to the non-exploding bits of Salisbury Plain and can get quite close. On the same Gazelle sortie we did some confined area work, and after landing the helicopter on the forest floor after having descended through a comically tight gap in some trees some bloke wandered past walking his dog!
Yep. Everleigh by the sounds of it.Some good pics. I had my first go at circuits and hovering in a Gazelle at that very place during a jolly with work. The public do have access to the non-exploding bits of Salisbury Plain and can get quite close. On the same Gazelle sortie we did some confined area work, and after landing the helicopter on the forest floor after having descended through a comically tight gap in some trees some bloke wandered past walking his dog!
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