Giant leafblower! 28th November

[747woody]

ZK559 Chinook HC6 Pippingford Park 28th November 2022 by Chris Wood, on Flickr

A flight of Chinooks caught in East Sussex today:

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

[Mustang531]

Very interesting batch of photos, thanks for sharing these with us.

[awacsfan]

I really enjoy your Chinook pictures... A Chinook ist always a welcome sight and sound... Thanks for showing your pictures here!

[Col Nago]

That first photo is superb!

[127.65]

Great photos, particularly like the first image.

Did they depart Pippingford, or are they temporarily based on exercise?

[747woody]

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.

[Graf Zeppelin]

Nice to see the 40th Anniversary cab is out and about again!

[paddyboy]

Cracking set there, Chris

Well done and thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[Typeflyer]

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?

[Marauder]

great shots and something different with "leaf blower"

[747woody]

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.

[Typeflyer]

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!

[SW Sky Blue]

Nice shots Chris....

ZD984 turned up on its own at Portland about 1600hrs....

Kev W

[lardyboy999]

Always nice to see a few "Potting Sheds" now and again.

Excellent set!

Andy

[KeBul]

Lovely set - really nice.

Thanks for sharing.

Kev

[mikee115]

Great set. The first one is a cracker!

[matt e]

Nice set especially the special scheme

[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

[100arw]

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

[747woody]

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.