CallumJohn
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I thought I'd never get bored of the amount of airtraffic over my house, but the NSW police helicopter circling my neighbourhood all night is getting old.
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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery, Troisième partie: la vengeance!
- Thread starter SynixMan
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We used to tell folks that when a law enforcement helo is circling your house, it is time to lock the doors and stay aware. Couldn't believe people would call 911 to report a police helicopter circling their house. We knew we are there.
CallumJohn
Active Member
Haha yeah, the police have been looking out for a group of neo-nazi teens that like to break into peoples cars. Not too afraid because I have the driveway rigged with plastic explosives
hlg6016
A/C Wings Here
I know my old ass is due for new spec's, But that is not a helicopter.
CallumJohn
Active Member
hlg6016
A/C Wings Here
That's the "Man" keeping an eye on you!
CallumJohn
Active Member
Klaus Schwab, the rothschilds and Epstein themselves ordered this helicopter to spy on me
Unfortunately I am near a common route for helos to take (near a north-south state road) to include MEDEVAC, military and police who happen to have their base about 2 miles north of me. One of them circling overhead isn't common but also not unusual. I love it, the wife...not so much.
Helo 'IFR' is a pretty common in DC, I see all kinds flying the Beltway and I-95 pretty often.
The best helo viewing spot in DC is near the Woodrow Wilson bridge. Helos crossing either over the bridge (heading east or west) or along the the bridge (heading north or south) have to drop below 300 feet. I have been driving over the Woody only to see an AF Huey pop up from below me to climb “up” to Andrews. Pretty darn cool.
I remember this fondly doing the Norfolk, Andrews, Pentagon Heliport run in the '46!!!
CallumJohn
Active Member
I almost constantly have rescue helicopters and private helicopters crossing over, because I live on the border of an isolated reigon, but its also very wealthy, it gets really annoying after a few years lol
The last time a police helicopter was circling above my house, someone was found dead in the sewer nearby. Apparently they jumped into a storm drain to retrieve a dropped set of car keys and got pinned by the current. Very sad outcome.
My current home is very near a hospital and within 5 miles of FOUR airports (including where I work), so we get everything from C-172s to ambulance helos to four-engine tankers overhead at all hours. I don't mind a bit.
My old man found a couple old photos from his time as Shooter/Handler on the Midway back in the late Eighties.
Was impressed that Midway could handle a Whale in the first place, but had never seen one with the funky looking canoe. I assume it's a VQ det EA-3B based on the windows, but didn't know they hung stuff on the belly. Would this be some early ESM doodads? Or is it like the screamer fan on a Hawkeye and helps cool the avionics? Any ideas?
Was impressed that Midway could handle a Whale in the first place, but had never seen one with the funky looking canoe. I assume it's a VQ det EA-3B based on the windows, but didn't know they hung stuff on the belly. Would this be some early ESM doodads? Or is it like the screamer fan on a Hawkeye and helps cool the avionics? Any ideas?
You got it right, it is an EA-3B I think from VQ-1 (images on Google ID 010 as a VQ-1 bird). The canoe housed antennas for the mission, some of the basic designs haven't changed much and canoes are still used though what they hold/protect can be very different.
A-3's also deployed on the older Essex-class carriers, though apparently it was a tight squeeze.