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What's going on with this helicopter? Seems to have stopped moving and all details hidden.

King on his way down? Came from Slough area.

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Military chopper going to one of the naval bases. or Sunak on the campaign trail. EDIT or something to do with D-Day

Yeah must be. The police plane is doing the rounds too.

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ha appropriate reg on that

Anyone recognise this Military over Surrey?

I thought it might be a Stallion but it only has 4 blades?

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Merlin

Ok. Le Google suggests 5 blades and smaller wheel pods? Meebie is variant?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_CH-148_Cyclone

Or, more likely, the related https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-92#Military_and_government

That's the ticket.

Much private helicopter action over me today into and out of Londres across la manche.

Getting those Green Kerosene miles in.

Ah coast guard use these I think?

And US Veep flight after the EH101 /VH71 boondoggle.

A Typhoon popped down from Coningsby to do a few handbrake turns at under 1000ft in our valley this evening. A bit noisy.

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I looked up one of the various smaller helicopter identification numbers and it looks as tho these are basically air taxis for the non Dom Ascot Elite.

I reckon 20 / 30 trips a day atm.

Plane flying over Salhouse just east of Norfolk at 18:38. Really loud, but nothing at all in a clear blue sky.

What's happening? Tried to look on ADS-B but a poor signal here

Keeps happening. Really loud, nothing in the sky.

Ok. Finally saw a jet

Norfolk = US jets right?

RAF F35 are based at RAF Marham.

More amateur planery

Up at mach loop

Saw two lots of 4 planes.

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Also some of these

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The ones in groups of 4 were fucking loud and low

Boring easyJet shot on Sunday morning

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And a Globemaster doing ovals at about 1000ft over the end of the street

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Nice that.

Had one of these planes fly over VERY low at the weekend.

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Near Bournemouth?