helicopter ID?

[shaggystu]

as the title really, can someone point me towards an online guide for identifying helicopters? southey, i'm looking at you here

reason i ask is that a mahoosive great military looking thing just flew over my house incredibly low, and i'm just curious as to what exactly it was

thanks in advance

stuart

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

try here

http://www.aircav.com/recog/chp10/ch10.html

 

[rik_uk3]

Was it black? You need to worry if its black and over your house...they are after you...

 

[shaggystu]

Was it black? You need to worry if its black and over your house...they are after you...

it's alright rik, i've wallpapered with tin foil, my hat kept falling off

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/merlin.cfm

what about one of these

 

[shaggystu]

try here

http://www.aircav.com/recog/chp10/ch10.html

cheers for that mate

best match from that link would be: CH-3E/HH-3E jolly green giant (sikorsky)

but i'm not 100% certain, does anyone know anything about military flight paths in the UK? is it likely that there was a jolly green giant in kelstedge today? (i never thought i'd get to ask that as a serious question!)

cheers

stuart

 

[shaggystu]

http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/merlin.cfm

what about one of these

that's the boy! (or at least i'm pretty sure it is!)

cheers for that mate

stuart

 

[Retired Member southey]

Hahaha yay! Yeah merlin if your thinking ch53.

 

[shaggystu]

Hahaha yay! Yeah merlin if your thinking ch53.

yeah, pretty sure it was a merlin. big noisy beast, the dog seems to think he could take it though

 

[Retired Member southey]

Yup, dogs are masters of aerial offensive manourveing.

 

[fishfish]

see loads of those here as we are close to RNAS Yeovilton.

 

[shaggystu]

Yup, dogs are masters of aerial offensive manourveing.

if that's not an excuse for this.......

[video=youtube;fSrjFtTPtbo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSrjFtTPtbo[/video]

....then i don't know what is

cheers

stuart

 

[chris_irwin]

A Puma (although they are smaller) is another RAF one that I regularly get flying near me, I live right next to a RAF helicopter base. It's usually either a Chinook, Puma or Merlin as mentioned above.