Things seen on your commute no. 256

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[upsidedown]

You should hear them from the inside.
Hot, noisy, oil dripping everywhere.

Good fun though.

 

[BrumJim]

Yes, I noticed one on the way home last night.

First time I saw/heard one, it got me a bit worried. These are troop carriers, not regular helicopters, so thought that our part of Birmingham was about to be invaded.

Apparently they use them when they have a couple of stretcher cases or more to bring in. So again, not really good to think about why they are there.

 

[thewrinklyninja]

I remember leaving Northern Ireland in one of those, I was hung over to fook and the pilot was doing the fly down the valleys thing and taking sharp turns. Lucky I did'nt spew over everyone.

 

[Downward]

We have been told that the Chinooks are doing practice runs when they don't actually land properly.

 

[Downward]

I was riding home while it was circling Selly Oak last night too, so stopped & watched as I don't recall seeing one before. Presumed it had been/was on the way to the hospital

Normally they land on the playing fields at Metchley Lane but maybe now the selly oak social club has shut down they can now land on this field.

 

[ACS]

You should hear them from the inside.
Hot, noisy, oil dripping everywhere.

Good fun though.

Vomit wagons. Sit in the middle between and the vibration caused by the rotors is not good for the tummy.......done many trips on wokkers in the past and everytime without fail, barff. Got so bad that the Loadies used to hand me a bag and a bucket as I climbed aboard. Smug gits all of them

 

[semislickstick]

They have a distinct sound don't they, we occasionally get them coming over this way. 2 or 3 days ago I was out and a WWII Liberator bomber flew over really low!(I wish I'd got a photo but I was too busy gawping) Not what I was expecting at all. They are pretty big, seen a few old planes out and about, I think they must be heading to Duxford.

 

[thomas]

They had a Chinook at last years wings and wheels. It sounds amazing!

 

[jonny jeez]

Last night, on my way home on the opposite side of the road on Chelsea embankment I saw a four poster bed being driven down the road at about 30mph........

Beat that!

PS, I have video footage to proove it and will post it on facetubespaceitter...just as soon as i figure out how!!?

 

[jonny jeez]

Yesterday, on the old kent road...distinguished looking chap in hi viz and tan shorts...had two large transparent pudding bowls strapped to his handle bars to keep his hands warm.

Genius

From the front, his bike looked "wide awake!"

 

[semislickstick]

That's a cycle? It looks like a motorbike light fairing, two mirrors too.
How strange!

 

[Molecule Man]

That reminds me of a few days ago.
I was locking up my bike outside a supermarket and there was another cyclist just leaving with a 5 litre saucepan strapped to his back.

Another thing that made me smile recently was a Pimlico Plumbers van with the number plate LAV 1.

 

[CopperBrompton]

Maybe they don't land fully because they're on a cricket pitch?

I would imagine that's the reason: the weight of a Chinook wouldn't do the pitch much good!

 

[der alt]

An afternoon cycle and ran across this wee chap