Low flying Pumas in Oxford UK

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So there was a reason I saw a pair of low flying 'copters today, someone had clearly given them road based map directions - take the "A4144 Woodstock Road" North from the centre of Oxford, maybe they needed to be low enough to read the road names?

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I guess these are the newer Mk2, not the same engines/controls as the then already old ones I went in some 40 years ago - but they sure look the same from the outside,

[Fareastdriver]

but they sure look the same from the outside,

That's because they are the same aircraft.

[WASALOADIE]

[QUOTE=sensor_validation;9942623]So there was a reason I saw a pair of low flying 'copters today, someone had clearly given them road based map directions - take the "A4144 Woodstock Road" North from the centre of Oxford, maybe they needed to be low enough to read the road names?

It's what is referred to as IFR - I Follow Roads / Rivers / Railways


Same Airframes, upgraded to Mk2 standard