Helicopter shot at, Northern Ireland
 

Meanwhile in Ireland. No information on type.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-55718923

There has been power line inspections going on recently in NI, with PDG...although there's a fair bit of private flying in Fermanagh too. You would have thought though that it would have been a reasonably sized machine for anyone to imagine it was police / military. Absolute idiots...

The PDG powerline colour scheme is similar to the police colour scheme and a twin squirrel and EC135 are similar sized machines when viewed from any kind of distance (The PSNI historically used a twin squirrel too).

They're still idiots for shooting at any helicopter or anyone.

Used to be a weekly occurrence in the 80's :ok: Often the crews didn't know and it was ground int reports that identified the happening.

Early 90s was “interesting”, too. The projectiles got bigger as time went by.

Same in N Ire in the 70s - Friend whilst on 6 monthly check ride had problems talking with CFI. Turned out to be pigtail on helmet had been severed by small arms fire !
Also - self, empty and orbiting safely at 2000' waiting to be called in for ground Pax, noticed a person waving frantically at edge of a field.. Descended to look closer whereupon he picked up his rifle and let fire.
Other happenings - one pilot awarded DFC for flying his heli back to base having been riddled with bullets.