strange Helicopter over leeds

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Thu 04 Sep, 2008 10:14 pm

cnosni wrote: wiggy wrote: Si wrote: Dunno, Festwerfer, I didn't see it. It wasn't something Russian, by any chance? A Mil-8? well it wern't a MILF...not south of the river anyway. Thats right wiggy,theres no members of the" Moro Islamic Liberation Front" ,which is a Muslim separatist rebel group in the Philippines, , south of the river.wink wink I hope you had safe search on when you googled that...

simon2710 · Post by **simon2710** » Tue 16 Sep, 2008 8:37 pm

I too have noticed this helicopter that seems new on the block recently and I was going to post a thread....First of all I have noticed the military one a few times, it is very low and extremely loud and is of course, camouflage green colour.....The other I have noticed goes back and forth to what I presume is LBA? It is completely black and had orange/yellow stripes.Any ideas??Don't get me started now on the police helicopter.....!!! hah (EDIT: It does look a little like a Merlin helicopter)

simon2710 · Post by **simon2710** » Tue 16 Sep, 2008 8:54 pm

Now I've mentioned the Police helicopter...Look what happens....It comes over and I've just looked out of the window and I was almost blinded by the searchlight Seems to be looking for somewhere or someone - keeps going around in big circles

Post by **cnosni** » Tue 16 Sep, 2008 10:01 pm

simon2710 wrote: Now I've mentioned the Police helicopter...Look what happens....It comes over and I've just looked out of the window and I was almost blinded by the searchlight Seems to be looking for somewhere or someone - keeps going around in big circles Theyll be after Phil the mole!!

simon2710 · Post by **simon2710** » Tue 16 Sep, 2008 10:51 pm

Anything's possible hahahaI'm sure it was just flying around in circles for fun :S

bigpants · Post by **bigpants** » Wed 05 Nov, 2008 2:13 pm

the black one with orange stripes operates out of an industrial unit in Garforth - it belongs to a company called LNT who build ginetta sports cars. they aslo run a helicopter charter service. its a cool machine, looks like airwolf with the a-team van paint job....

biggee99 · Post by **biggee99** » Wed 05 Nov, 2008 2:44 pm

the british military has taken on two Russian MI17 helicopters and using them now, not that you should know this but what the hell.You will see a Puma going in the LGI to drop prince William off to see his bird no joke and true, nice to see tax payers money going to good use

jan8 · Post by **jan8** » Wed 05 Nov, 2008 2:46 pm

bigpants wrote: the black one with orange stripes operates out of an industrial unit in Garforth - it belongs to a company called LNT who build ginetta sports cars. they aslo run a helicopter charter service. its a cool machine, looks like airwolf with the a-team van paint job.... And its a right pain the posteria - flight path right over my house just about every day. I wave a lot at them (with just 2 fingers)!!!

rangieowner · Post by **rangieowner** » Thu 06 Nov, 2008 11:41 am

bigpants wrote: the black one with orange stripes operates out of an industrial unit in Garforth - it belongs to a company called LNT who build ginetta sports cars. they aslo run a helicopter charter service. its a cool machine, looks like airwolf with the a-team van paint job.... yep! you are correct! but they don't operate the charter flights from Garforth cos the CAA said helipad was too small!!!! only lands at G/forth when being used by Mr LNT himself!!

Richard A Thackeray · Post by **Richard A Thackeray** » Mon 13 Apr, 2009 2:34 pm

chameleon wrote: Sounds like the one we watched doing a few practice landings on the LGI - wasn't one of the usual 'forces copters, they appear and drop out of the sky onto the roof - no mucking about with them! I work in a local HospitalDuring a conversation totally unrelated to this thread, one of our Consultants swore to me that when he was a SHO on rotation at the Leeds hospitals, that an Apache landed on the heli-pad.He also stated that it was a bit un-nerving being in an adjacent building, looking out of the window to see all that armament pointing at you........................"Nurse!, new Scrubs please!!!"