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Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 7:10 pm
by 747woody
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:35 pm
by Mustang531
Very interesting batch of photos, thanks for sharing these with us.
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:38 pm
by awacsfan
I really enjoy your Chinook pictures... A Chinook ist always a welcome sight and sound... Thanks for showing your pictures here!
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:55 pm
by Col Nago
That first photo is superb!
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:24 pm
by 127.65
Great photos, particularly like the first image.
Did they depart Pippingford, or are they temporarily based on exercise?
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:50 pm
by 747woody
127.65 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:24 pm
Great photos, particularly like the first image.
Did they depart Pippingford, or are they temporarily based on exercise?
Thanks, that one snuck up on me!
Having arrived as a four ship, they departed as a pair and two single ships and didn't show signs of returning. There didn't appear to be much ground support, unlike when the Merlins were there a few months ago, but the one truck was still there when I left, which was 90 minutes after the Chinooks left.
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:44 pm
by Graf Zeppelin
Nice to see the 40th Anniversary cab is out and about again!
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 5:07 am
by paddyboy
Cracking set there, Chris
Well done and thanks for posting
Paddyboy
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 12:28 pm
by Typeflyer
747woody wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:50 pm
127.65 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:24 pm
Great photos, particularly like the first image.
Did they depart Pippingford, or are they temporarily based on exercise?
Thanks, that one snuck up on me!
Having arrived as a four ship, they departed as a pair and two single ships and didn't show signs of returning. There didn't appear to be much ground support, unlike when the Merlins were there a few months ago, but the one truck was still there when I left, which was 90 minutes after the Chinooks left.
Do you happen to recall if the pair were ZH892 & ZH902?
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 12:31 pm
by Marauder
great shots and something different with "leaf blower"
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 1:11 pm
by 747woody
Typeflyer wrote: ↑Tue Nov 29, 2022 12:28 pm
747woody wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:50 pm
127.65 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:24 pm
Great photos, particularly like the first image.
Did they depart Pippingford, or are they temporarily based on exercise?
Thanks, that one snuck up on me!
Having arrived as a four ship, they departed as a pair and two single ships and didn't show signs of returning. There didn't appear to be much ground support, unlike when the Merlins were there a few months ago, but the one truck was still there when I left, which was 90 minutes after the Chinooks left.
Do you happen to recall if the pair were ZH892 & ZH902?
ZD984 and ZK559 departed as a pair, followed by ZH892 which showed up on ADSB as KERMIT 2 and looked to have gone to the Chelmsford area and then through the London heli lanes. Finally ZH902 departed to the north east, having hung around on the ground for a while.
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 3:04 pm
by Typeflyer
747woody wrote: ↑Tue Nov 29, 2022 1:11 pm
Typeflyer wrote: ↑Tue Nov 29, 2022 12:28 pm
747woody wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:50 pm
Thanks, that one snuck up on me!
Having arrived as a four ship, they departed as a pair and two single ships and didn't show signs of returning. There didn't appear to be much ground support, unlike when the Merlins were there a few months ago, but the one truck was still there when I left, which was 90 minutes after the Chinooks left.
Do you happen to recall if the pair were ZH892 & ZH902?
ZD984 and ZK559 departed as a pair, followed by ZH892 which showed up on ADSB as KERMIT 2 and looked to have gone to the Chelmsford area and then through the London heli lanes. Finally ZH902 departed to the north east, having hung around on the ground for a while.
Many thanks!
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 3:40 pm
by SW Sky Blue
Nice shots Chris....
ZD984 turned up on its own at Portland about 1600hrs....
Kev W
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 2:41 pm
by lardyboy999
Always nice to see a few "Potting Sheds" now and again.
Excellent set!
Andy
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 3:08 pm
by KeBul
Lovely set - really nice.
Thanks for sharing.
Kev
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 3:28 pm
by mikee115
Great set. The first one is a cracker!
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:10 pm
by matt e
Nice set especially the special scheme
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 10:21 am
by panta615
A great set here. The Chinooks were due at Pippingford on the 18th for 5 days but were cancelled due to weather. A total of 5 were confirmed but were changed to a flight of 4. Annoyed I missed these as Pippingford is 5mins up the road. Kermit flight came over very low on Monday 28th so assumed it was a flight from Odiham that we usually get over the forest.
Dave
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:18 am
by 100arw
panta615 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 03, 2022 10:21 am
The Chinooks were due at Pippingford on the 18th for 5 days but were cancelled due to weather.
Did I miss the heads-up?
P
Re: Giant leafblower! 28th November
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:06 pm
by 747woody
panta615 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 03, 2022 10:21 am
A great set here. The Chinooks were due at Pippingford on the 18th for 5 days but were cancelled due to weather. A total of 5 were confirmed but were changed to a flight of 4. Annoyed I missed these as Pippingford is 5mins up the road. Kermit flight came over very low on Monday 28th so assumed it was a flight from Odiham that we usually get over the forest.
Dave
They didn't stay long. There were another three on Wednesday, around the same time as Monday's ones.
ZK559 Chinook HC6 Pippingford Park 28th November 2022 by Chris Wood, on Flickr
ZH902 Chinook HC5 Pippingford Park 28th November 2022 by Chris Wood, on Flickr
ZH892 Chinook HC6 Pippingford Park 28th November 2022 by Chris Wood, on Flickr
ZD984 Chinook HC6 Pippingford Park 28th November 2022 by Chris Wood, on Flickr
ZD984 Chinook HC6 Pippingford Park 28th November 2022 by Chris Wood, on Flickr
ZK559 Chinook HC6 Pippingford Park 28th November 2022 by Chris Wood, on Flickr
ZK559 Chinook HC6 Pippingford Park 28th November 2022 by Chris Wood, on Flickr