View Full Version : Raptor v helicopter, near Benson
airborne_artist
22nd Mar 2006, 14:58
My sources tell me that a large raptor came off worse, N of Benson in the Chalgove area, when involved in a mid-air with a Puma or a Merlin. Could have been a red kite, but they tend to fly at about 50', so perhaps it was a buzzard?
Jackonicko
22nd Mar 2006, 15:14
Red Kites are as common as pigeons hereabouts nowadays, so I'd guess it was a Kite.
ShyTorque
22nd Mar 2006, 15:19
At 50 feet you say? A Puma would have gone underneath it. Perhaps it was still on the nest?
"Hello Buzzard, Puma, inbound your location, 1 minute, for replen - out".
Dunhovrin
22nd Mar 2006, 19:40
"Hello Buzzard, Puma, inbound your location, 1 minute, for replen - out".
Does anyone else remember 1GG's Buzzard in the ARB, 1994? No names no pack drills but he used to quote Kipling on Cougar and bollocked the CO for jogging on "moi 'elipad".
Ahh happy days, where's the remote gone AJ?
ShyTorque
22nd Mar 2006, 22:12
Ahh happy days, where's the remote gone AJ?
AJ's still got it! Saw him with it at EGLW about three weeks ago. :rolleyes:
oldbeefer
23rd Mar 2006, 07:46
He still doesn't know how to use it!
Dunhovrin
23rd Mar 2006, 07:58
"Ya think he doesn't, boot he does..."
To misquote the man himself.