Two Chinook helicopters flying low over a lake In Cumbria, England My Blog: vandogtraveller.com My Books: vandogtraveller.com/books-and... Insta: / vandogtraveller
I can promise you, the crew saw the girl on the boat as they went over. I flew in plenty of them in the Army and the crew always looks out for people on the ground.
You have to love the CH47 Chinook. I was a door gunner on a Chinook in Vietnam and 2 times came back to the pad with more then 20 AK 47 and 51 cal holes in the ship but she kept on ticking. I was shot down one time but not the ships fault we took an RPG into the left engine. Lucky we were only about 20 feet off the LZ when it happened. The same birds we flew in nam are still updated and used today.. Airborne All The Way 101st Airborne Vietnam 68,69 and 70
Nice!! Two of those Chinooks went over my parents home a few months ago. First you think oh, just a helicopter somewhere far away, after that the noise is getting louder and louder, you think.. "when it's going to stop"... louder and louder. Suddenly there's this intense sound going through your body.. you think WTF (my speakers can't do that) and then you see them passing over you. Huge monsters.
That must've been bone rattling when they flew over. I had a pair of them flying over my house this past fall at around 250 feet or so altitude. They rattled all the pictures and decorations on the walls of my home.....and I ran outside like an excited 5 year old to watch them! Very unique sound compared to the helo's used for life flights to the hospital, or the blackhawks the National Guard units use. Even louder are the Apache Helos that sometimes fly over my town from the nearby national guard units at the airport.
That second Chinook clearly did a showoff : ) There is no reason he would turn and fly over you like that ; ) Nice video anyways! Probably my favorite chopper of all time!
My bud, a retired helicopter pilot who next worked for our City fire department, told me he was moonlighting flying Chinooks to fight wild fires. When he picked up water from the ocean or lakes and people were watching he liked to fly right over them.
I work in the lakes all of the time, and I love it when military aircraft fly low round here! We get a free airshow every fine day up here. RAF. worlds best pilots!
Her boat, his camera. She's happy to row and she knows what she's about - clearly isn't fumbling around. Who is to say she'd even LET him row her on such a nice day. A word to the wise, "One does not incur the wrath of a redhead on the water - or one gets mighty wet."
ive had the joy to ride in a chinook once and oh my god jesus it was the best day of my life we were doing low passes and all you could see was people looking and point it was amazing
I live right near a base and we sometimes get Chinook's flying over. It makes the windows rattle and you can feel it going over. It's always awesome to see and hear it.
Awesome bit of kit the old Twin Tubs! We had them as gunships in Bosnia - a Minigun in the front door and an M60 on the rear ramp - thankfully, they were never used in anger!
+x Are you referring to the Twin Tubs beneath the yellow, then back fabrics? Because I don't know what a bit of a kit is, but I'd like to find out if it concerns those Twin Tubs!
I love the way she says "There's another" with that accent. Funny that she's the one rowing while he's relaxing lol. Congrats on surviving a fly by of one of the most dangerous helicopters there is.
we dont see those here in Norway.. but one time during a military exerzice a year or so ago i got to see 3.. they flew really high.. but they were noisy as heck.. you were lucky to see em up close:-) and hey.. a pretty lady knowing how to row a boat:-P
I wouldn't doubt that for a moment. When I worked in a petrol station a few years ago, one of the Harrier pilots from our local base came in to fill up. I complained to him that they were always too high to get a decent look when they came over my house. He asked where I lived. And for the next few days, I was getting buzzed by them, as well as a couple of these monsters at treetop level!! They must get bored sometimes, even with the coolest job in the world!!
Now I must say, first of all it's always a treat to see one of those types of helicopters. 2. Nice video quality, what kinda camera do you have? 3. What a nice place! Wish I could do something like rowboating in a lake in the states somewhere.
very cool. in maine were we are at there is a route the airforce uses right above us, you see alot of black hawks, and some times even c130 cargo planes, jets, and very very rarely youll see airforce-one
What i love about these helicopters is you never hear them coming. Until they are right on top of you. But when they are flying off, you hear them for miles.
it depends which way the wind's blowing. i live on a training path, sometimes i hear the chop of the chinook's for more than a minute before they fly over but when waiting for them to fly back i hear nothing until they've passed.
We get this all the time in lake district, but mostly jets. Fells are handy to hide in, skimming surface and hugging the terrain. One unlucky fighter pilot had a bird strike, lost his engine and rather than eject to save his life he opted to stay with his ride and ploughed it into the ground just outside Shap village, thereby avoiding the stricken jet from crashing into the village.
They practice a lot of Helicopter and Jet things in the lake district. They also train SAS near where I live too, at least every 3 days you're guaranteed to see a super low flying Hercules, one time i saw 3 of them go right past my window, must have been at like 250-300 ft.
In all seriousness, they're probably practicing low level flying over rivers and lakes. In combat the trees around the lake would damper the sound of the helicopters approaching.
