Shovels Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Not the sort of thing you get to see every morning... A mate's mate is an Apache Gunship pilot and had to fly to a local airport. He said to stand in a local playing field and he did a few fly-bys My boys loved it! (and I did) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Not a bad company vehicle to put up with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 They're one of the most awesome sights ... love them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 fantastic, love it when you get to see that sort of thing happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shovels Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 The best bit was where you could hear, but couldn't see them, then all of a sudden it rose up from behind the trees and came straight towards us. Couldn't imagine what it would be like in the battlefield as an enemy seeing one coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermonkey Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 awsome machine, my boy would have loved to see that, he loves his helicopters:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shovels Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 going to get some video footage of us on the ground hopefully from the on-board camera - If I do I'll try and post it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmigzyTT Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 That looks amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couv3z Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 now that needs a powered by ENVY sticker on it forget the chinook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 That's awesome... I used to have a Gunship simulator on my Spectrum when I was a kid.. I bet I could still remember the controls.. it was just like the real thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I would have sh!t myself! A very intimidating site at the best of times..... Great machine! H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Spooky, I saw one yesterday @ duxford as I drove by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 i was asleep on top of a challenger 2 on excersice a few years back and i was woken up by one of those inches above my head it was, nearly sh1t myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 i was asleep on top of a challenger 2 on excersice a few years back and i was woken up by one of those inches above my head it was, nearly sh1t myself was that when we did the trials for them and they were cr*p as fcuk and couldnt see our tanks? was on tes(laser quest for the guys that dont know) with these last lear and i went to shoot a few down with an RPG and i got one(i cheated a bit) and the 2nd one flew round and dissapeared behind the tree line 2 mins later i was tracked and shot when we watched it on the vedeo playback they saw me 10 mins before but assesed i wasnt a threat, but kept tracking me. seeing them fly about is amazing and looks like fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cass Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Seen two of them at a all nations fire power demo on Salisbury planes.Awesome bits of kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supradoopa Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Awesome kit, shame there run by the AAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Very nice, living just south of BAE Warton, I get to see the Typhoon/Eurofighter most days for their final shakedown before delivery to the customer. http://hotshots.eurofighter.com/ef_upl0d/2007/rs/20071122134642629_7_rs.jpg I'm just waiting to see the F35 in action now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 ...Looks for my old Blue Thunder DVD If any one's interested... http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/702409/Blue-Thunder/Product.html?cm_mmc=Froogle-_-Films-_-Action-_-Blue+Thunder&source=5061&engine=froogle_film&keyword=Blue+Thunder+DVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 WOW!! Thats a WAH-64 (Westland) Apache Longbow. You can tell be the radar dome. I'm mad an army helicopters and thats the best. I have a hard disk full of images from the MOD as I'm working on some exhibition graphics. I'll see if i can attach some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shadow Beast Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 The best bit was where you could hear, but couldn't see them, then all of a sudden it rose up from behind the trees and came straight towards us. Couldn't imagine what it would be like in the battlefield as an enemy seeing one coming. Very few Enemy did see them coming!!!!! they are an awesome sight, and it feels quite reasurring to have them flying above you when you out and about! richie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I was at Shawbury once where they assemble the Longbow recovering one of our jets, its awesome! When they were testing the systems they picked up a radio transmission, told you distance, elevation, direction and assessed the threat all in the blink of an eye. Turned out to be ham radio lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 We had or still have a member here that flys them Cant remember his name tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shovels Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 I would love to have a job flying one of these things about! apparently there's only a handful of guys in the UK that can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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