Kite over London
Hi,
Years ago I had a privilege to be on board of Met Police helicopter, flying over central London. About 700ft AGL we had a near miss with a kite - but with video turret on board the offender (not a little boy) was quicky spotted in the park below and two bobbies - happend to be nearby - were dispatched - I was explained that it was an offense so crew responded promptly. It took us two or three minutes of orbiting.
Also I remember an incident wher during preflight check of our B-412 I found about 10 metres of fishing line wrapped around tail rotor controls-counterweights on pitch change mechanism. Luckily nothing was bent or otherwise damaged, hovewer it remained a mystery how this line came there, as crew from previous day could not remember anything unusual.