What's with all the helicopters?

[Agent57]

This week there have been dozens of helicopters flying over my house.

Usually only one or two a week. Not the usual police / air ambulance types but 'normal' helicopters and a few Chinooks.

Feels like the country is gearing up for something.....

[Hippea]

So it begins….

[Doofus]

It kind of depends where your house is...

[vikingaero]

Username checks out...

[KennyN]

I've no idea where you are in the country, but there have been plenty of helicopters in and out of Ascot this week; they are full of horse racing/betting types behaving worse than squaddies on a wild night out.

[Short Grain]

KennyN said:

I've no idea where you are in the country, but there have been plenty of helicopters in and out of Ascot this week; they are full of horse racing/betting types behaving worse than squaddies on a wild night out.

I saw footage of a scrap at Ascot the other day! Young guy got absolutely pasted by another, slightly older looking guy! Beat the crap out of him until he was pulled away! Younger guy had a busted nose by the look of it. A cut over his eye as well. Bet he looked like a panda next day!

[scenario8]

This week has seen a massive uptick in helicopter traffic North/South over outer South London. Just the usual in and out flow to/from Battersea. The cause isn t obvious and I ve been curious so if anyone can explain it I d appreciate it!

Ascot doesn t really seem to answer it as the route wouldn t make obvious sense and the increase isn t something seen for other events.

[Sebring440]

Short Grain said:

I saw footage of a scrap at Ascot the other day! Young guy got absolutely pasted by another, slightly older looking guy! Beat the crap out of him until he was pulled away! Younger guy had a busted nose by the look of it. A cut over his eye as well. Bet he looked like a panda next day!

Gosh! The OP had better look out then!

[jfdi]

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/25250991.raf-chi...

[Killer2005]

[Mr Tidy]

Since I moved to Windlesham I see Chinooks flying over most days.

Makes a change from Sandhurst when I heard gun-shots most days!

[Agent57]

Berkshire so yeah could have been Ascot.

[lancslad58]

Mr Tidy said:

Since I moved to Windlesham I see Chinooks flying over most days.

Makes a change from Sandhurst when I heard gun-shots most days!

Do you hear the Broadmoor siren test in Windlesahm, I used to live in Bagshot, it went off for real one Saturday and I got stopped by a roadblock wearing a full face crash helmet and they let me straight through without removing it.

[aeropilot]

lancslad58 said:

Mr Tidy said:

Since I moved to Windlesham I see Chinooks flying over most days.

Makes a change from Sandhurst when I heard gun-shots most days!

Do you hear the Broadmoor siren test in Windlesahm, I used to live in Bagshot.

I live south-west of Bracknell, (closer from Broadmoor than Bagshot as the crow flies) and I've never heard the Broadmoor siren...?

The M3 is a helo corridor from Odiham and other SW bases into London, so that's why you get to see RN Wildcats, AAC Apache and RAF Chinooks following the route of the M3 to/from the London helo routes.

[towser44]

Crazy the number of choppers that go to the big horse races, either punters or the jockeys. A lot of them have JCKY call signs. I live in Cheshire on the low level route North towards Manchester/Liverpool and beyond and tracked several helicopters back to the Ascot area that came over here every day last week. The same happens when Cheltenham is on and the Grand National.

[RobbyJ]

Agent57 said:

Berkshire so yeah could have been Ascot.

and now it's Glasto too so get ready for many many more. Since when did Glasto seem to have as many helicopters as Ascot or Cheltenham?!

[Mr Pointy]

aeropilot said:

lancslad58 said:

Mr Tidy said:

Since I moved to Windlesham I see Chinooks flying over most days.

Makes a change from Sandhurst when I heard gun-shots most days!

Do you hear the Broadmoor siren test in Windlesahm, I used to live in Bagshot.

I live south-west of Bracknell, (closer from Broadmoor than Bagshot as the crow flies) and I've never heard the Broadmoor siren...?

The M3 is a helo corridor from Odiham and other SW bases into London, so that's why you get to see RN Wildcats, AAC Apache and RAF Chinooks following the route of the M3 to/from the London helo routes.

They haven't run the Monday morning siren test for years now.

[lancslad58]

Mr Pointy said:

aeropilot said:

lancslad58 said:

Mr Tidy said:

Since I moved to Windlesham I see Chinooks flying over most days.

Makes a change from Sandhurst when I heard gun-shots most days!

Do you hear the Broadmoor siren test in Windlesahm, I used to live in Bagshot.

I live south-west of Bracknell, (closer from Broadmoor than Bagshot as the crow flies) and I've never heard the Broadmoor siren...?

The M3 is a helo corridor from Odiham and other SW bases into London, so that's why you get to see RN Wildcats, AAC Apache and RAF Chinooks following the route of the M3 to/from the London helo routes.

They haven't run the Monday morning siren test for years now.

For those who've never heard the siren.....

[Simpo Two]

Hippea said:

So it begins .

Yesterday I was at my desk when suddenly there was a blinding flash. It was like lightning... I waited for the thunder but none came. What else makes a blinding flash? Ah yes, atom bombs. I considered the possibility that London had been nuked, so moved away from the window and switched the BBC on for any announcement. After a short while I traced the flash to sunlight bouncing off a neighbour's window as they opened it!