Why is there a helicopter flying over my house at 5am?

Greenlizard0 · 9 Mar 2010 at 16:18

Yellow top? I think that's a police helicopter.

G-MAN2004 · 9 Mar 2010 at 16:21

Janesy B said:
That is also what is known as a Helicopter.

Ah, I thought it was a huge spaceship of doom. Silly me!

Greenlizard0 said:
Yellow top? I think that's a police helicopter.

Thanks.

Squark · 9 Mar 2010 at 16:24

Janesy B said:
That is also what is known as a Helicopter.

Looks like a Eurocopter AS355

encephalopathy · 9 Mar 2010 at 16:26

in the bad old days of the troubles when i was a student there would be army helicopters hovering over west belfast pretty much 24/7. you get used to the drone after a while. i think the army base in bessbrook south armagh was the busiest helipad in the whole of europe for a while http://books.google.com/books?id=OK...Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=bessbrook helipad&f=false

there also used to be lucrative scams going regarding farmers claiming for stillbirths/deaths of livestock due to helicopter activity

Jambo · 9 Mar 2010 at 16:42

Janesy B said:
That is also what is known as a Helicopter.

Lol! UFO case cracked.

I wonder when jokes about firing weapons at a Police helicopter might be taken seriously.

Seriously.....

Daveyboy · 9 Mar 2010 at 16:53

G-MAN2004 said:
This one keeps flying around at the moment. Not sure what it is though.

Its the "eye in the sky" from capital radio, it's been lost since the 80's.. better give 'em a ring

Radiation · 9 Mar 2010 at 16:56

Yeah i wondered about this last year and guessed they were using thermal cameras to spy on us, it's quite creepy when they hover near your house for 10 minutes just watching, you know they're up to something a bit different than chasing criminals when they act like that.

The good news is they will probably start slowly changing to things like, microcopters, airships and predator drones, you won't know they're watching then, on second thought that probably isn't good news huh? :eek:

doggles · 9 Mar 2010 at 18:59

it could be flying over houses looking for unusually large heat signs to see if anyones growing dope in their attic

moremoney · 9 Mar 2010 at 19:16

Its the council. They're going to put up your council tax cause you have a patio, they've seen it, and photograped it.

The Funktopus · 9 Mar 2010 at 19:27

G-MAN2004 said:
This one keeps flying around at the moment. Not sure what it is though.

It's a Bell 412, known in British service as the Griffin HT1,which is used by the RAF for multi-engine helicopter pilot training, based at RAF Shawbury if I remember correctly.

Biohazard · 9 Mar 2010 at 19:30

r3loaded said:
AA gun on the roof of the house tends to work quite well. Failing that, hit it with a Stinger or a Javelin

Pah, I can fell them with sticks and stones..