wow ! apache helicopter
01 December 2008, 03:32 PM
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wow ! apache helicopter
i couldnt believe my eyes earlyer , an apache helicopter flew over my house (basildon) at 3:20 this afternoon , did anybody else see it ?
01 December 2008, 03:40 PM
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basildon looks a bit hilly !!! 
saw 2 of these in boreham a while back... thought they were going to bomb the place
saw 2 of these in boreham a while back... thought they were going to bomb the place
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01 December 2008, 03:44 PM
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heres an interesting fact, chinooks are faster than apache's !!!
[awaits shooting down by an apache engineer]
[awaits shooting down by an apache engineer]
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01 December 2008, 05:37 PM
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We get them over this sometimes although nowhere near as much as the Lynx.
There was one doing circuits of Earls Colne airfield last week
There was one doing circuits of Earls Colne airfield last week
01 December 2008, 07:52 PM
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I was up at a golf driving range near Stanstead with a couple of mates last Thursday and one blasted overhead (needless to say, he was quite safe with our golfing prowess!)
Apparently they stop off at Stanstead to refuel and are a regular sight around there.
The do look scary in the flesh!
Apparently they stop off at Stanstead to refuel and are a regular sight around there.
The do look scary in the flesh!
01 December 2008, 09:47 PM
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But they're both slower than the The Westland Lynx ZB500!
(and no other helicopter can ever beat it )*
*Keep in mind that the maximum speed a rotor helicopter can reach, in theory, before spinning out of control is just over 250 miles per hour.
Now that you know that, at an European air show on August 6, 1986 a Westland Lynx ZB500, that was slightly modified, reached a speed of 249.1 miles per hour or 400.8 km/h, making it the world's fastest helicopter.
(and no other helicopter can ever beat it
)**Keep in mind that the maximum speed a rotor helicopter can reach, in theory, before spinning out of control is just over 250 miles per hour.
Now that you know that, at an European air show on August 6, 1986 a Westland Lynx ZB500, that was slightly modified, reached a speed of 249.1 miles per hour or 400.8 km/h, making it the world's fastest helicopter.
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chinooks are seen on a regular basis circling around my work/ tower bridge area, by all accounts (and this is only what we have been told) it's SAS doing some practice runs.
01 December 2008, 10:29 PM
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Have just finished reading a book by one of their pilots Ed Macey, Apache.
To fly one of these things is just unbelievable, the coordination and multi tasking required is near super human, even to the point that each eye works independently with a separate task to perform. (once trained they can even read 2 books simultaneously!
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To fly one of these things is just unbelievable, the coordination and multi tasking required is near super human, even to the point that each eye works independently with a separate task to perform. (once trained they can even read 2 books simultaneously!
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