Totality Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Was out in the field today looking for pigeons (without much success due to the wind!) so decided to sit down for a bit next to the huge rabbit warren we have to see if anything pops up. 5 minutes past as I enoyed the scenery and fresh air when I heard a helicopter in the distance. Just sat there watching it and then noticed it was flying my direction with its search light on (its middle of the day!). It was low level and was pelting along! It then flew overhead and did a U turn behind the trees where I couldnt see it. Was a red helicopter and being in Devon I asssumed it was the air ambulance so stood up and decided to walk back to the house to get a better view. It then came over the trees just hovered there looking at me!! Couldnt see any air ambulance writing on it and it wasnt a police helicopter as it didnt have a huge camera underneath. It then just decided to circle the field at low level. By this time I'm back near the house and putting the shotgun in its sleeve (which was in the car on the drive). The heli during this time circled round to in front of the car as if to get a better view of it and to note the registration plate!! I just finished putting the gun away and took it into the house to get the binoculars but by the time I'd come out again a minute later the heli had gone. It then flew past at speed over the house a few minutes later and that was that!! We live in the middle of nowhere with the nearest town miles away and the nearest neighbour about half a mile away. Cant have been a police helicopter as it wasnt blue and yellow. Can only think it was the devon air ambulance being nosey (but I couldnt see the writing on the side saying air ambulance) or a power company looking at hte power lines after the high winds (although we dont have a powercut!!). Theories please! I reckon the government is after me and I'm now awaiting the swat team!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter-peter Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Was out in the field today looking for pigeons (without much success due to the wind!) so decided to sit down for a bit next to the huge rabbit warren we have to see if anything pops up. 5 minutes past as I enoyed the scenery and fresh air when I heard a helicopter in the distance. Just sat there watching it and then noticed it was flying my direction with its search light on (its middle of the day!). It was low level and was pelting along! It then flew overhead and did a U turn behind the trees where I couldnt see it. Was a red helicopter and being in Devon I asssumed it was the air ambulance so stood up and decided to walk back to the house to get a better view. It then came over the trees just hovered there looking at me!! Couldnt see any air ambulance writing on it and it wasnt a police helicopter as it didnt have a huge camera underneath. It then just decided to circle the field at low level. By this time I'm back near the house and putting the shotgun in its sleeve (which was in the car on the drive). The heli during this time circled round to in front of the car as if to get a better view of it and to note the registration plate!! I just finished putting the gun away and took it into the house to get the binoculars but by the time I'd come out again a minute later the heli had gone. It then flew past at speed over the house a few minutes later and that was that!! We live in the middle of nowhere with the nearest town miles away and the nearest neighbour about half a mile away. Cant have been a police helicopter as it wasnt blue and yellow. Can only think it was the devon air ambulance being nosey (but I couldnt see the writing on the side saying air ambulance) or a power company looking at hte power lines after the high winds (although we dont have a powercut!!). Theories please! I reckon the government is after me and I'm now awaiting the swat team!!! anties.lock your door Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Gooks in the wire. Lock & Load Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stokeshooter Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 seen electricity and gas surveying this way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taz24 Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Might of been a nosey pilot. My friend flies a helicoptor and he needs to do a minimum amount of hours flying a month to keep his licence current. It costs a fortune to fly a helicopter (my friend is lucky the owner is rich and uses it as a toy) so I can't think it is a cost effective way of checking up on lone shooters. Cheers taz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Sounds like the Electricity/Power people checking the pylons, are there any near you ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 If you go to the CAA website and put in the registration then it will tell you who owns it. Also you can lodge a complaint as civillian aircraft are not allowed below 1500ft in a built up area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter-peter Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 (edited) Was out in the field today looking for pigeons (without much success due to the wind!) so decided to sit down for a bit next to the huge rabbit warren we have to see if anything pops up. 5 minutes past as I enoyed the scenery and fresh air when I heard a helicopter in the distance. Just sat there watching it and then noticed it was flying my direction with its search light on (its middle of the day!). It was low level and was pelting along! It then flew overhead and did a U turn behind the trees where I couldnt see it. Was a red helicopter and being in Devon I asssumed it was the air ambulance so stood up and decided to walk back to the house to get a better view. It then came over the trees just hovered there looking at me!! Couldnt see any air ambulance writing on it and it wasnt a police helicopter as it didnt have a huge camera underneath. It then just decided to circle the field at low level. By this time I'm back near the house and putting the shotgun in its sleeve (which was in the car on the drive). The heli during this time circled round to in front of the car as if to get a better view of it and to note the registration plate!! I just finished putting the gun away and took it into the house to get the binoculars but by the time I'd come out again a minute later the heli had gone. It then flew past at speed over the house a few minutes later and that was that!! We live in the middle of nowhere with the nearest town miles away and the nearest neighbour about half a mile away. Cant have been a police helicopter as it wasnt blue and yellow. Can only think it was the devon air ambulance being nosey (but I couldnt see the writing on the side saying air ambulance) or a power company looking at hte power lines after the high winds (although we dont have a powercut!!). Theories please! I reckon the government is after me and I'm now awaiting the swat team!!! just to put your mind at rest they are looking for BIG CATS. Edited March 24, 2008 by peter-peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totality Posted March 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 No swat team yet! Assume it was the power company checking the lines as there are some near us. Not exciting at all afterall!! Ah well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamW Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 I was out one night night on one of my plots of land lamping the foxes, had two in the lamp when up pops the police heli (I shoot right next to a motorway) it went round us 5 times with the IR on, it must have been obvious what we were doing.. two guys in a field late at night and 150 yards away two animals..... anyway, once he went we popped the lamp back on and guess what.... not a fox to be seen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 it was me ha ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funky Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 (edited) :lol: I recon it was the new Airwolf But the cloaking device went wrong because it thought it was on Mars and went red on ya :lol: Did you hear the theme music while it was hovering Edited March 24, 2008 by funky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiff-TRG Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 It was probably a mate of mine.....Hes doing all of the power lines in Devon and Cornwall at the moment, checking for tress that have broken in the latest storms. He's exempt from the 1,500 foot rule and his birds bright red, so I guess it was him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 What a coincidence! We were shooting on Friday in Cambridge and as we were walking to the car to pack up for the day I noticed a police helicopter hovering over our field. thought nothing of it then noticed it again as we left the farm. Definitely followed us for 15-20 miles on the way back to London, flying to one side of us keeping up then the other side. We thought we were going to run into a barricade with armed police, but then it just veered off and we didn't see it again..... Strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadliestdecoy Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 are there any railway lines nearbye as the rail police have red helicopters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Sorry forgot to say, the one we saw wasn't red, it was black and yellow. No railway lines where we are. We weren't being paranoid, this chopper was definitely following us for almost 20 miles...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auto culto Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 probably malkiserow just being nosey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerico Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 A few months back Baz (Evil Elvis) and myself were at one of our shoots, Baz was zeroing his rimmy on the range and I had the shotgun for any flyovers, a small private heleflopter flew over us low enough that I could see the pilot was wearing sun glasses, I broke the barrel until he had past and we carried on after calling him a few choice words for scaring anything and everything away, about 5 minutes later 2 fully kitted out Chinook choppers flew towards us side by side and thankfully carried on over us and into the distance. If ever there was ever a list of reasons for acceptable brown trousers then that has be up there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulf Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Sounds like power line inspection although the chopper they use around here is marked Electricity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russuk Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 The red helicopter has just buzzed over us in Rejerrah. It's clearly marked with 'Electricity' down one side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubya Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 never been buzzed by a red one however have been "interupted" by a bue and yellow one TWICE and then had a friendly chat with the armed response??even gave one plod a lift back to his car ( he had spent 2 hours looking for us??) as for the red one sweb use this for checking transmission cabling, we in the north have a white one, the micheal farriday its called cheers KW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russuk Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 That's identical to the 'fella that I saw today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 I know someone with two black helicopters who shoots air rifles... but he's been told he's not responsible enough to get an FAC because he don't let the police dictate to him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totality Posted March 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 never been buzzed by a red one however have been "interupted" by a bue and yellow one TWICE and then had a friendly chat with the armed response??even gave one plod a lift back to his car ( he had spent 2 hours looking for us??) as for the red one sweb use this for checking transmission cabling, we in the north have a white one, the micheal farriday its called cheers KW Nah the red one I saw had a large red fin around the rear roter. Looks exactly like the devon air ambulance. Nothing ever came of it though so who knows! Out of interest, why were the armed resoponse looking for you? Had someone reported seeing you did they say? Seems such a waste of police time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taz24 Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Was it this guy taz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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