Silent German Helicopters?
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From: Altrincham
Silent German Helicopters?
This is probably highly unlikely but a friend of mine told me that he and his wife were sunbathing on a Welsh beach and he happened to lok up and saw a helicopter hovering at a distance above his head.
They had not heard it approach and he said all he heard was the whisper of its rotors going round. As soon as he looked up the helicopter turned and flew away.
He said the helicopter had German markings on it.
Is there a version of a "quiet" helo around and could the crew have just decided to see how long they could hover undetected?
They had not heard it approach and he said all he heard was the whisper of its rotors going round. As soon as he looked up the helicopter turned and flew away.
He said the helicopter had German markings on it.
Is there a version of a "quiet" helo around and could the crew have just decided to see how long they could hover undetected?
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From: Land of the Krauts
It doesn't end up as quiet as your mate described it, but it goes in the right direction...
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/417...urocopter.html
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/417...urocopter.html
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From: UK
Must say, I haven't heard anything.
I sniffed a rat as soon as sunbathing in Wales was mentioned - even if it didn't happen in December and donnlass has just been very slow reporting this important incident
New South Wales, perhaps?
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From: Over the hills and far away
There are some rumors on the air that EC presents a replacement for the current AS365N (EC155) series on the coming Heli Expo. The ship was described as an extremely quiet helicopter. Probably you had seen a prototype of this new type?
