View Full Version : Wokka over central London at 13.25 today
Navaleye
2nd Jun 2006, 17:04
A fairly unusual sight. What's that all about then?
Training Risky
2nd Jun 2006, 17:16
The London helilanes trip is a fun perk, done it myself.
You can nightstop at Northolt and take pictures as you go sightseeing eastwards down the river, turning left up the Lea Valley.
Its been a nice day. So it was probably the one and only Mk3 that's allowed to fly, just so long as it dosen't go near any cloud and is safely back in the hangar before it gets dark.:)
Navaleye
2nd Jun 2006, 19:24
It was pretty low, probably something more to do with the civvy stuff overhead setting up for finals into London City. 500ft maybe, I didn't see it for long... and it was green:rolleyes:
BEagle
2nd Jun 2006, 19:35
500 ft is low? Most SH crews would be hypoxic that high!
Colonal Mustard
2nd Jun 2006, 19:47
Possibly a Special flight into london as a result of THE raid (bringing equipment, personnel ) from the south, maybe wiltshire even?
Navaleye
2nd Jun 2006, 23:03
It appears to have landed at the Hon Artillery Company field in Old Street a little later, so probably not on a sight seeing trip.
Spot 4
3rd Jun 2006, 07:01
"It appears to have landed at the Hon Artillery Company field in Old Street a little later, so probably not on a sight seeing trip."
Common practice on a London helilanes training sortie. The field may be surprisingly large for central london, but appears small when surrounded by skyscrapers.
"It appears to have landed at the Hon Artillery Company field in Old Street a little later, so probably not on a sight seeing trip."
Common practice on a London helilanes training sortie. The field may be surprisingly large for central london, but appears small when surrounded by skyscrapers.
Not that common any more given that you need 21 days notice to put a special flight notification form in, by e-mail only, in order to obtain a SFN number that allows you to go into the restricted areas in "The Specified Area", which is unfortunately where you find all of the interesting HLSs in London, including the HAC. Chances of planning 21 days ahead in the era of constant crisis management?
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
3rd Jun 2006, 11:59
It was the Rudolph Hess Memorial Re-enactment