Originally Posted by
foxmoth
Nothing to stop you requesting this info be passed on by the controller, " XXXX, please advise G-XX of Chinook at 11 O'Clock, heading our way" as your other aircraft will be on the frequency anyway they will get the info as soon as you transmit it.
My point exactly. It is also then helpful to the Chinook. Chinook might not have spotted you and then knows you're around somewhere; alternatively confirms to Chinook that you have seen it and are unlikely therefore to fly blindly into it.