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Old 11th May 2016, 19:40
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Pair of Pumas

A friend has mentioned to me that over the last days he's seen a 'pair of black large helicopters that you can see through' several times in different places around London and twice where one has done and infil/exfil whilst the other does a few circles to then head off again as a pair. I've narrowed it down to a Puma(s) as they have a single set of main blades with sliding doors on both sides that would allow them to be 'looked through' as it were. Assuming that they're not French or whomever, they must be RAF variants, but I don't recall them being black/very dark grey whenever I've seen any. Anyone know what they are/ were up to ?


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Both pumas flew over my house this evening around 1745pm in the Wandsworth area heading south possible weather effect s did hammer down with rain around 1715pm also had a chinook come up river after these beleive lands at either woolwich or Greenwich
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Interesting. Walking through Bury St. Edmunds on Monday, approx 10.30, there were two Pumas, wheels down, one of which circled very low and appeared to be landing at West Suffolk Hospital. It disappeared behind trees in that vicinity at about 200 feet. The other Puma circled overhead, wheels down, at approx 1,000' I remarked about it to friends at the time that it was rather strange, although Emergency helos are fairly common at the Hospital.
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Saw the same pair on Tuesday around 1330 following the M3 near Farnborough - presumable heading for Odiham?
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Have it from a good source both Pumas had been at Hendon yesterday 11/5/16 some top brass visiting departed to benson
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The dark green used on RAF helicopters can make them look almost black in the right conditions.
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