Late night Chinook Reading?

[pewe]

Swore I heard a Chinook thumping its way towards central Reading last night (Tuesday) about mid-night.
Rather than going away it then seemed to be producing a constant note for about 15-20 minutes - hovering?
Anyone-else hear it /know what it was up to?
Cheers, Pewe.

[SantaBarbara]

Secret Operations

[dobly]

find out here:

https://www.raf.mod.uk/RAFodiham/flyinginfo/flying...

and here:

https://www.raf.mod.uk/RAFodiham/flyinginfo/lowfly...

[pewe]

Thanks, seems likely I wasn't hearing things.
Friends who live near Petersfield grew quite used to late night/early hours drops, especially when something was going to kick off.
Cheers, Pewe

[Strugs]

Living in Farnham on the flight path into Odiham, we're very used to Chinooks at all hours (there's one doing circuits now!). They don't even wake the kids anymore!

[pewe]

Seems like there must be a lot of military activity currently around Berks/Hants.
FDMC event at Deepcut last Sunday was cancelled with three days notice due to the military requiring the ground.....
Cheers, Pewe.

[Landshark]

Strugs said:

Living in Farnham on the flight path into Odiham, we're very used to Chinooks at all hours (there's one doing circuits now!). They don't even wake the kids anymore!

Use to hear them sitting on the apron rotors turning in the middle of the night waiting to lift when I lived in Odiham. As you say, you get use to them and it’s comforting hearing them when elsewhere

[sidaorb]

With them based at Benson your likely to get them wandering that way, recently been lots of them about practicing with loads strung underneath, a few low night time runs and they seem to be trying out the spot lights while chasing trains between Didcot and Reading at night (which looks bloody impressive)