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Apache's Over Manchester  
User currently offlineFca767 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2006, 1650 posts, RR: 0
Posted (2 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 2255 times:

Well I took my GPS Phone out for the first time, and while I know it's nothing to do with that, it's quite funny because I've never seen an apache over the adlington area going past woodford RWY 25 end towards stockport and the manchester airport approach area towards manchester.

Two of them in formation...do you know why they were flying really low in formation? I'm just curious  Smile

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User currently offlineStealthZ From Australia, joined Feb 2005, 4972 posts, RR: 52
Reply 1, posted (2 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 2228 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!



Quoting Fca767 (Thread starter):
do you know why they were flying really low in formation?

'Cause that's what they do... Better for getting the bad guys !


If your camera sends text messages, that could explain why your photos are rubbish!
User currently offlineUH60FtRucker From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (2 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2213 times:



Quoting StealthZ (Reply 1):
'Cause that's what they do... Better for getting the bad guys !

Well I can tell you that they don't fly low in Afghanistan! They adopt completely different tactics that the US. Often flying well over 3000-4000ft.

User currently offlineFca767 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2006, 1650 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (2 years 3 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2025 times:



Quoting StealthZ (Reply 1):
'Cause that's what they do... Better for getting the bad guys !

But that's what I'm trying to find out...there's no bad guys over manchester  Smile and not normal to travel through this area near manchester airport flightpath and over woodford's runway

Quoting UH60FtRucker (Reply 2):
Well I can tell you that they don't fly low in Afghanistan! They adopt completely different tactics that the US. Often flying well over 3000-4000ft.

Thanks  Smile

User currently offlineGDB From United Kingdom, joined May 2001, 12235 posts, RR: 84
Reply 4, posted (2 years 3 months 1 week 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 2002 times:

I've seen RAF Pumas and Chinooks around LHR, though not landed there, many times, a few months ago a RAF Merlin over South London, (doing some maneuvering rather than just flying straight).
No gunships though!

User currently offlineGST From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2008, 861 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (2 years 3 months 1 week 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 1999 times:



Quoting Fca767 (Reply 3):
there's no bad guys over manchester

But there are plenty of bad guys on the ground!

I see a good few apaches in the peak districs not too far away, but the aircraft going to their training grounds there wouldnt come or go via manchester.

The RAF choppers are over Belfast all the time, I've seen Pumas both yesterday and today. Not seen any apaches though just yet.

User currently offlineFca767 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2006, 1650 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (2 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1938 times:



Quoting GST (Reply 5):
But there are plenty of bad guys on the ground!

I see a good few apaches in the peak districs not too far away, but the aircraft going to their training grounds there wouldnt come or go via manchester.

The RAF choppers are over Belfast all the time, I've seen Pumas both yesterday and today. Not seen any apaches though just yet.

That's quite funny, It's like in that last 3 months of 2 years that other helicopters, started coming over too, civilian ones...maybe they've opened up a VFR route...  Smile

User currently offlineWingman From France, joined May 1999, 1688 posts, RR: 6
Reply 7, posted (2 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1904 times:

There are plenty of bad guys on the ground in Manchester. Rooney, Giggs, and Sir Fergie just for starters.

User currently offlineMWHCVT From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2008, 521 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (2 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1892 times:

They are the new Police Choppers for Manchester Police, they believe they will only have one more car chase, once a hell fire missile has dispatched the car and criminal every other car that is in a car chase will give up when the chopper gets there

 duck   white 

p.s. could not resist, sorry it's not a useful response.


Must think up a new one soon, slow moving brain trying to get into gear ;)
User currently offlineGST From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2008, 861 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (2 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1887 times:



Quoting MWHCVT (Reply 8):

But do you have any idea how much a hellfire costs? Well actually I have no idea but I would expect it to be cheaper to just chop the car in half with the gun.

User currently offlineMWHCVT From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2008, 521 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (2 years 3 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 1767 times:



Quoting MWHCVT (Reply 8):

But do you have any idea how much a hellfire costs? Well actually I have no idea but I would expect it to be cheaper to just chop the car in half with the gun.

Either way works for me, and it would certainly me Police, Camera, Action more entertaining as a program  Wink


Must think up a new one soon, slow moving brain trying to get into gear ;)
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