Ex Dark Lightning Fast Roping Exercise

[AlexLee05]

RAF Chinook ZK555 and MH-47G's 02918 and 02914 conducting approaches onto a dam in the Brecon Beacons during Ex Dark Lightning 12 Sep 2024, I'm guessing this was a fast roping exercise given that they hover for about a minute each however unfortunately no ropes were used. As you can see the weather was awful just as they arrived, even including a bit of hail at one point. Fantastic flying by the pilot's to be able to locate the dam with such bad visibility
I completely forgot to post these photo's when I took them so here they are a bit later

ALEX4269-Enhanced-NR by Alex Lee, on Flickr
ALEX4323-Enhanced-NR by Alex Lee, on Flickr
ALEX4341-Enhanced-NR by Alex Lee, on Flickr
ALEX4369-Enhanced-NR by Alex Lee, on Flickr
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ALEX4498-Enhanced-NR by Alex Lee, on Flickr
ALEX4604-Enhanced-NR-4 by Alex Lee, on Flickr
ALEX4626-Enhanced-NR-2 by Alex Lee, on Flickr
ALEX4762-Enhanced-NR-2 by Alex Lee, on Flickr
ALEX4786-Enhanced-NR-2 by Alex Lee, on Flickr
ALEX4808-Enhanced-NR by Alex Lee, on Flickr
The 160th SOAR pilot's are so good they can literally do a one wheel pinnacle landing lol
ALEX4838-Enhanced-NR-2 by Alex Lee, on Flickr

[paddyboy]

Top work, Alex

They certainly are awesome beasts

Paddyboy

[Captain Haddock]

Thanks for sharing, you made the best of the conditions. Great location Talybont.