Military attack helicopter circling round Leeds centre!

[dave_s13]

This is a st picture but



I was at work in Beeston and saw what looked like an apache attack copter doing laps over the town centre. Did anyone else see it?

[SystemParanoia]

it doesnt look like its Longbow spec.

maybe its a lynx ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Lynx

or that french thing?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter_Tiger

[dave_s13]

An apache!

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/two-apa...

You don't see that every day.

[4x4Tyke]

They were Apaches and the Evening Yorkshire post had plenty of pictures in the print edition from social media buzz.





http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/two-apa...

Edited by 4x4Tyke on Thursday 24th November 20:33

[Baron Greenback]

One way of taking care of joy riders or robbers! Lovely looking heli!

[SystemParanoia]

Cool.. they are Longbows

[Killer2005]

Have seen them a few times over leeds city centre. They do a few a laps and a landing at the hospital.

[lee_fr200]

yeah was watching them, i put it in the spotted thread earlier! impressive menacing and loud

[Mrs Muttleysnoop]

Makes a change from flying over our house in East Anglia.

[Vaud]

Cue Blue Thunder references.

[coppice]

My local soundtrack round here (Thirsk) if not as intrusive as the Chinook which flew over me yesterday. But for real noise , nothing in my years of living here was as noisy as the Saab Gripens which were exercising from Leeming recently. Ludicrous noise.

[jock mcsporran]

There was two of them flew over last year heading north. Maybe a training exercise or something.

[bobbo89]

Flew directly over my office heading south after mucking about in Leeds

[Mansells Tash]

coppice said:

My local soundtrack round here (Thirsk) if not as intrusive as the Chinook which flew over me yesterday. But for real noise , nothing in my years of living here was as noisy as the Saab Gripens which were exercising from Leeming recently. Ludicrous noise.

Ludicrous noise sounds like a setting...
take off throttle
military power
afterburner
ludicrous noise!

The loudest jet I have heard taking off is a B1-B at full afterburner.

[Vaud]

coppice said:

My local soundtrack round here (Thirsk) if not as intrusive as the Chinook which flew over me yesterday. But for real noise , nothing in my years of living here was as noisy as the Saab Gripens which were exercising from Leeming recently. Ludicrous noise.

Ahhh.. I think some passed by Leeds-Bradford as well. I didn't recognise them.

[Potatoes]

Edit - whoops, wrong thread!

Edited by Potatoes on Tuesday 20th December 16:29

[DRFC1879]

Unfortunately the last one was grounded last year but the noise from the Vulcan Bombers based at RAF Finningley/Doncaster Airport was awesome.

[mybrainhurts]

DRFC1879 said:

Unfortunately the last one was grounded last year but the noise from the Vulcan Bombers based at RAF Finningley/Doncaster Airport was awesome.

In Leeds?