Originally Posted by
treadigraph
(Always used to amuse me that on the reality Cop TV programmes when the Met Police's "India 99" EC-145 was being used for tracking suspects on foot, the voice over would breathlessly announce that "they have absolutely no idea the chopper is there!" Really? They must be
deaf then as the EC-145s, (and the earlier AS-355s and Bell 222s) are very audible from miles away - having had the things orbiting my area in the wee hours on countless occasions, I'd be amazed if many locals were still asleep.)
While they were introduced to Lippitts Hill as ”the quietest in their class” to the local residents, EC145’s were a clattery cacophony on the ground and only slightly noisier than their predecessor AS355Ns. However, once in the air they were quite quiet - especially from below and surprisingly inaudible at observation distances using that nice 15x(?) camera/footstep thingy.