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Old 3rd Feb 2011, 18:50
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Chinook over LHR today

Saw a Chinook circling over Heathrow today, or more precisely Harmondsworth at approx 1230. Any ideas?

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Please do it again. Delete!
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Oh purleese! Lighten up, I'm sure Bluejay wasn't the only person in the vicinity of Heathrow to wonder what the wokka was up to...

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Sea King going up the Fylde coast this afternoon, was the HRH chap flying it?
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I'm sure Bluejay wasn't the only person in the vicinity of Heathrow to wonder what the wokka was up to...
It's a bloody helicopter flying close to several bloody airports. Nothing more. Why is it worthy of an enquiry on Mil Aircrew?

What's a wokka? It's just as easy to type Chinook - or is this meant to show that you're one of the boys?
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Calm down, calm down!
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Not unless you also mention 'Tonkas' and 'Tiffies'; or, to be truly spotterish, 'Dave'....
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Chinook in 'Aircraft Spotted Near Airport Shocker'.
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What's a Chinook? I know what a Wokka is though.

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apparently a mate of a mate told me that a Chinook's a Chinook, - but once it's "flying" it becomes a Wokka . . . bloke down the pub told me. must be true.
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I reckon you are safer sticking to UKAR or Fighter Control me old!!
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Why is it worthy of an enquiry on Mil Aircrew?
ha ha ha... The gent was only asking a question, no need to burn the piano !!!!
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What's a wokka?
The internationally recgonised word for Chinook.
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It was only a simple question!

Blimey,

It was only a simple question!!!!!

@ forget - where do you get off?
Reason for asking - Mmmm let me think, it is not exactly a regular occurance to see a military helicopter operating so close to a civvie airport, above all I was curious (didn't realise it was a crime!)
Reason for posting on here - why not, it is a military aircraft after all and for some reason I thought that someone on a military aircrew forum may be able to provide some insight, after all it was not exactly covert!

forget - by the sound of it I probably have more right to post on here than you, especially as you didn't even know what a wokka was!
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Bluejay,

Never overlook that bit at the bottom of the page;

As these are anonymous forums the origins of the contributions may be opposite to what may be apparent

A polite request on here will usually elicit a polite response from most aviation professionals, albeit couched in banter. If you are not getting a polite response, refer to the clue in italics.
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I have seen them over heathrow a few times, I think they pop into mod feltham??
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It was probably looking for H3.
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Holding at Sipson before crossing RW27 and landing at Feltham HLS. Everybody happy now?
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UAV689 is correct. It popped it to Feltham about 12:45.
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I thought feltham was closing down anyway, any update of when?
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