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Apache's Over Manchester

Fca767 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2006, 709 posts, RR: 2
Posted (3 weeks 3 days 18 hours 18 minutes ago) and read 923 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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StealthZ From Australia, joined Feb 2005, 4130 posts, RR: 52
Reply 1, posted (3 weeks 3 days 16 hours 16 minutes ago) and read 896 times:

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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 !

Of course old planes are safe, how do you think they got to be old?

UH60FtRucker From Afghanistan, joined Mar 2005, 2879 posts, RR: 67
Reply 2, posted (3 weeks 3 days 15 hours 22 minutes ago) and read 881 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.

Fca767 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2006, 709 posts, RR: 2
Reply 3, posted (3 weeks 2 days 7 hours 23 minutes ago) and read 693 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

GDB From United Kingdom, joined May 2001, 11077 posts, RR: 84
Reply 4, posted (3 weeks 2 days 4 hours 20 minutes ago) and read 670 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!

GST From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2008, 426 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (3 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 667 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.

Gliding is to power flying as seduction is to rape.

Fca767 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2006, 709 posts, RR: 2
Reply 6, posted (3 weeks 1 day 15 hours 28 minutes ago) and read 606 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

Wingman From United States, joined May 1999, 1395 posts, RR: 7
Reply 7, posted (3 weeks 1 day 10 hours 20 minutes ago) and read 572 times:

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

MWHCVT From United Kingdom (England), joined Oct 2008, 211 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (3 weeks 1 day 9 hours 4 minutes ago) and read 560 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

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

To reduce national debt we need to cut spending, TRUTH!!!

GST From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2008, 426 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (3 weeks 1 day 8 hours 47 minutes ago) and read 555 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.

Gliding is to power flying as seduction is to rape.

MWHCVT From United Kingdom (England), joined Oct 2008, 211 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (2 weeks 6 days 17 hours 21 minutes ago) and read 435 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