One of the more interesting overflights I saw was when I was stationed with the Air Force in Maryland and saw what might have been the presidential helicopter fly overhead. There were four helicopters if I remember right, flying in a diamond formation, and they all looked to be the type the Presidents use (from what I've seen on TV). It was this one if my memory serves. http://media.defenseindustrydaily.com/images/AIR_VH-71_EH101_Concept_lg.jpg

Another time I was seeing some sights in Washington and saw a helicopter land that got an escort, keeping the tourists back. I read later that it was the Egyptian ambassador or someone. All this would have been in the late 1980s.

Wait, wait ,what?! :bonk:

You just playing with the words or do we now have some wierd combo-helis?

I don't usually get military aircraft here, only base I can think of thats close is Fort Knox, but I'm not sure they hold aircraft or not. Just a place to train troops is all I know of there.

No, it's true! Half helicopter, half Mork-and-Mindy-era UFO, half mudcrab. They're awesome. Ish.

Well I just assumed they wanted to do scientific experiments about what happens to gaming equipment after it's bombed.

Half mudcrab?! Nooooooo!

The world will never be the same, that aircraft will just keep coming no matter how many stacked odds there are, and just when you think you destroyed one, 5 more take its place!

Luckily, after you reach life-level 10, you can kill them all in one hit.

Oh that's them testing the new version of agent orange? Didn't you get the memo?

Yeah military aircraft fly over my town occasionally we are only an hour from Epply Airforce Base.

Wait, so they're three halves combined? That cant end well...

Martial Law is in effect in your area failure to cooperate will result in death.

Have you thought of calling up Tinker and asking why the choppers where over your house? Make something up:

"My mom almost had a heart attack and I want to know who to sue."

It should get you some form of explanation, even if it's a brush off like;

"We're just conducting some exercises up in the hills and had to fly over your house, tell your mom sorry on behalf of the US Military."

We get the double thump from CH47s flying over occasionally, but then the Dutch Marines have a base on the Island..

So. Are you expecting the pilot to get on the Bethesda forums mid-flight and answer why he chose to take a route that happened to go over your house?

Probably just a heli getting transfered to another base or going out on an assignment.

If your really worried. Just throw on your T-51B and keep your Gauss Rifle with you.

As a serious answer, it may be worthwhile looking at NOTAMs (NOtices To AirMen - the term comes from the pre-PC era) as sometimes these things are scheduled so other pilots know to stay out of the way.

These should be available from your National Aviation Authority (FAA, CAA, etc) as well as many other websites (and yes, there's even an app for that!).

Here in the UK you might see notices about FastJets taking a certain route, the semi-regular "Openskies" flight from the Russians (a case of "I'll show you mine if you show me yours" from the cold war), Royal flights, activations of restricted military airspace, etc.

I live in Greece and recentely French,British and jets from other countries flew over my country and house to get to Libya which is even more on the South.
And note that jets like F-16s and Mirage-2000 make lots of noise.

I am in a Apache attack recon battalion. Probably just running a normal mission and the pilots are keeping up on their mandatory flight hours. We fly all over Fort.Knox and the surrounding area including residential areas.

Where I live, you can hear the reveille call from Andrews if you're outside at the right time of day.


Yeah, that's a pretty standard sight over in DC. Marine 1 seems to fly with 3 identical decoys/escorts.

When I was living in Port Harcourt, in Niger Delta, we had Mi24 flying above the house 2-3 times per month. Usually, it was only one. But when there was 2-3, it means they were going in the swamp to bomb militants and pirates places. Usually, it was triggering riots in town or kidnapping in town the next days/weeks. Not cool.

You sir, are kick ass.

I owe you gents more than one at the bar for some of the bail outs I've had :foodndrink:

Thanks, on behalf of all ground pounders :goodjob:

Aye,

I remember when Bush came to town on a campaign busstop in our town. A couple CH-53's were up there; I wondered who or what was on board :machinegun:

OP: are you female and in a bikini? I know for a FACT that at least one pilot will bank severly to let their passengers and crew get a good long look at some sunbathing beatuies

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Best jump I ever had was from a CH-53 tailgate. Daytime, Hollywood (no gear, just rifle), 2,500 AGL, and some great updrafts. Some were up there long enough that they ate a bag of chips on the way down :thumbsup:

No problem my good sir, we love sending some hellfire missiles wherever you want them.

so thats where this pesky third arm came from