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Forum: Military Aviation

14th Apr 2004, 18:46

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Chinook - Still Hitting Back 3 (Merged)

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Posted By Ben Leice

ST, Apart from some cloud on top of the Mull...

ST,

Apart from some cloud on top of the Mull was the weather not quite reasonable? Near Portrush the sky was a little darker than usual following some heavy early afternoon rain but visiblity...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Apr 2004, 14:36

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Chinook - Still Hitting Back 3 (Merged)

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Posted By Ben Leice

ST, Apparently there were two Chinooks based...

ST,

Apparently there were two Chinooks based at Aldergrove on a staggered 6 week rotation. The ZD576 was the first Mk2 to be based in NI and it was flown in on May 31 two days before the crash....

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Apr 2004, 18:50

Replies: 8,153

Chinook - Still Hitting Back 3 (Merged)

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Posted By Ben Leice

Kilo52, The helicopter seen near Portrush...

Kilo52,

The helicopter seen near Portrush had twin rotors and a patchwork quilt type camouflage. Surely that's a Chinook. The patches appeared to be about 3 to 4 feet in size. Sorry I can't give...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Apr 2004, 23:51

Replies: 8,153

Chinook - Still Hitting Back 3 (Merged)

Views: 1,315,002

Posted By Ben Leice

ST, Can you explain the role and identity of...

ST,

Can you explain the role and identity of the second Chinook? Do you know where it was based?

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Apr 2004, 09:30

Replies: 8,153

Chinook - Still Hitting Back 3 (Merged)

Views: 1,315,002

Posted By Ben Leice

ST, A driver on the...

ST,

A driver on the Aldergrove-Carnlough-Kintyre flightpath got quite a shock when he saw a Chinook coming straight at him near Parkgate at more or less hedge top height. Around the same time up...

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