Bleeding Choppers!!

[sammy13]

Oct 8, 2014 21:57:05 GMT chykensa said:

Aaaargh!! I hate it for the two nights a month that RNAS Culdrose, which trains our Navy's helicopter pilots, are allowed to undertake night flying.
Now, I have every possible respect for these brave and dedicated young men and women who, once they have qualified, may find themselves in any global conflict and flying to the utmost of their abilities, and I accept that they need to train both by day and night.
But why do they have to train right over my house!!? There are thousands of acres of fields and uninhabited land in West Cornwall, and they decide to fly at the regulation minimum height of 500' over the high hill at the rear of my road, which means they are no more than 750' when they pass over my humble dwelling.
I was just nodding off when a succession of choppers milled around in the sky overhead - in disgust I have got myself back up from a promised early night and am now pounding the keyboard again to vent my frustration!!

Mind, they do look quite dramatic with all their nav lights on

I thought this was about your teeth

I love the sound of aircraft, Lightnings used to be at R.A.F Binbrook when I was there, and I think that got me used to the noise, helicopters are fantastic.

Mind you when a fighter goes overhead I always duck

[davetherayon]

Nothing wrong with Choppers, my brother had one. I had a Chipper.

[sammy13]

Oct 11, 2014 19:52:26 GMT davetherayon said:

Nothing wrong with Choppers, my brother had one. I had a Chipper.

Oh I remember those, I think they have come back haven't they, sure I saw some shop selling something very similar.

I had a puch, mans racing bike, ok ok I know but it was all the secondhand shop had, and my mum bought me a brand new purple saddle bag for it, I loved it.

[chykensa]

Being a saddo, and also a musician, I can immediately recognise the type by the engine noise. Growing up in Cornwall we had the Shackletons based at RAF St. Mawgan, and they were so distinctive 4 engine props that I could hear them taking off form Newquay, some 14 miles away, on a still night.
I can even tell the difference between a 2- and 4-engined passenger airliner passing at 30K+ feet. Not really a very useful trait, but interesting (well, to me, anyway!).

[sammy13]

Oct 11, 2014 22:59:59 GMT chykensa said:

Being a saddo, and also a musician, I can immediately recognise the type by the engine noise. Growing up in Cornwall we had the Shackletons based at RAF St. Mawgan, and they were so distinctive 4 engine props that I could hear them taking off form Newquay, some 14 miles away, on a still night.
I can even tell the difference between a 2- and 4-engined passenger airliner passing at 30K+ feet. Not really a very useful trait, but interesting (well, to me, anyway!).

You are not a saddo, aircraft noise means something, you can differenciate that is good.