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Sorry to ask this.
I friend of mine, who is an army cadet instructor, tells me that in the last week he saw what he thought was a hind flying over the Avonmouth area (near Bristol).
He says, he does not think it was an Apache, or merlin/puma, and that it had a chin turret. I asked him if it was in raspberry ripple colours, but he said it was dark/green.
Can anyone help on this matter, or supply any further info. Sorry to be so vague on this, but despite him regularly travelling in military helicopters, his aircraft recognition is not too good (he often rings me with descriptions, so that I can tell him what he has just seen!)
Thanks in advance
He says, he does not think it was an Apache, or merlin/puma, and that it had a chin turret. I asked him if it was in raspberry ripple colours, but he said it was dark/green.
Can anyone help on this matter, or supply any further info. Sorry to be so vague on this, but despite him regularly travelling in military helicopters, his aircraft recognition is not too good (he often rings me with descriptions, so that I can tell him what he has just seen!)
Thanks in advance
FYI, there was a Hind parked up at Dunsfold recently. (I saw it in the background whilst watching a relatively new episode of Top Gear).
No idea what it was doing there or who it was with but it could've been that one, I guess. Maybe try asking over on the Spotters' forum. They seem to know where and when most aircraft in this country are.
HTH.
No idea what it was doing there or who it was with but it could've been that one, I guess. Maybe try asking over on the Spotters' forum. They seem to know where and when most aircraft in this country are.
HTH.
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Those were my first suggestion to him, but he said no, and re stated he had seen a chin turret.
Bravo 73.
Is there any one particular spotters forum to check.......And thanks for the heads up.
Those were my first suggestion to him, but he said no, and re stated he had seen a chin turret.
Bravo 73.
Is there any one particular spotters forum to check.......And thanks for the heads up.
There have been visiting US vessels in the UK. Possibly an SH-60B fitted with nose sensor turret?
http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=17610
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Some Royal Navy Lynx also have nose sensor turrets
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http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=17610
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Some Royal Navy Lynx also have nose sensor turrets
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