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ExRAFRadar
21st Jul 2015, 10:08
About 10 mins ago over Mortlake I just saw what looked like 2 Hinds escorted by an Apache and another thing I could not recognise. May have been a BO-105.
Balloon finally gone up and these were defecting?
rcowan
21st Jul 2015, 10:18
Looks like the third type was a Blackhawk...too far away to see which Airforce although I think the Poles might use all three types?
I'm worried, having just watched Red Dawn.....:ooh:
Flarkey
21st Jul 2015, 10:20
Departures from RIAT.
D John
21st Jul 2015, 10:47
I read "Hinds over London" and thought there might have been a nice 1930s photo posted.... here's one anyway....
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/milorgman/Flight/Hawker_Demon_ExCC_zpsjui9up5t.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/user/milorgman/media/Flight/Hawker_Demon_ExCC_zpsjui9up5t.jpg.html)
lovely aircraft those old Hawkers! (Harts playing in the sun)
AreOut
21st Jul 2015, 17:21
defecting from where? There range is barely 300 miles if so.
ExRAFRadar
21st Jul 2015, 17:35
AreOut - bit too literal mate.
Blackhawk makes sense, it had those Pod/Tanks/Whatever on the side.
In my defence they were by in a flash and I was right under them. Still, bad geekyness not picking up the Blackhawk.
chopper2004
21st Jul 2015, 19:10
Well, they are more than likely the departures from RIAT as there were two Czech Hinds, (albeit one in comemorative WW2 RAF colors used for static ), USAREUR DUSTOFF UH-60A+ and Heeresflieger BO105 pair (the colorful one on static and the other doing the flying display) Here are my pics from the weekend at Fairford,
cheers
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_5426_zpsajiaroxq.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_5743_zpsh6zlx0su.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_5683_zpssey5xfzj.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_9118_zpswigdprxn.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_9088_zpszr8b7oxi.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_8989_zpsp3h9zr5y.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_8999_zpsub797ukv.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_9011_zpswiuadeek.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_9035_zpsvsumi3w4.jpg
Cheers
chopper2004
21st Jul 2015, 19:16
The UH-60A+ has the ESSS - External Stores Support System for the fuel tanks.
Cheers
air pig
21st Jul 2015, 19:46
If you'd seen Hind's over London 30 years ago, that would have been a whole different story, 3rd Guards Tank Army on holiday.
Buc Driver
21st Jul 2015, 22:10
Apache, black hawk and 2 hinds flew over horse guards bang on 11 just as the Kings Troop RHU where changing the guard.
Minnie Burner
22nd Jul 2015, 15:33
'Ere. I fort Hinds were wot cavalry officers went out with at weekends...
The Oberon
22nd Jul 2015, 16:27
'Ere. I fort Hinds were wot cavalry officers went out with at weekends...
Only whilst wearing brine trisers
Wander00
22nd Jul 2015, 16:38
But not brine trisers in tine!
fantom
22nd Jul 2015, 16:57
is it the Sithe Dine Hinds to which you refer?
chevvron
22nd Jul 2015, 17:18
Believe I saw a 'Hind' about an hour ago, northbound, 5nm east of Farnborough. I assumed it was the one based at Dunsfold and owned by 'Aces High' as it was coming from the Dunsfold direction.
takethe5th
24th Jul 2015, 00:02
Are there still a couple of Hinds in the hangar at Hawarden, together with some other ex Soviet aircraft.
Rumour was it would become the Welsh air force if they ever became independent :)