garda helicopter

conky_05

feckin thing kept me and the missus up for ages last night :mad:

just hovering above up, eating their donuts


anyone else ever get kept up by it ?

mazdafarl

conky_05 wrote: »

feckin thing kept me and the missus up for ages last night :mad:

just hovering above up, eating their donuts


anyone else ever get kept up by it ?

No but then again im not a registered sex offender...

conky_05

i'd most certainly hope you aren't

passive

conky_05
anyone else ever get kept up by it ?

Your missus? yeah, of course! has anyone not been? :cool:

Manic Moran

I remember seeing the first chopper one day many moons ago hovering over tallaght, with the cone of light going straight down. I just knew there was someone standing in the centre of the light, looking up, arms outstretched yelling "Take me!! Take me!! I know you have Elvis!!"

NTM

LadyJ

Continue swimming naked! Oh come on! Continue!

constitutionus

Manic Moran wrote: »

I remember seeing the first chopper one day many moons ago hovering over tallaght, with the cone of light going straight down. I just knew there was someone standing in the centre of the light, looking up, arms outstretched yelling "Take me!! Take me!! I know you have Elvis!!"

NTM

theres a bit of a urban legend about a guy in the middle of a field who wanted them to fly lower so the beam could reheat his curry and chips

Cathmandooo

LadyJ wrote: »

Continue swimming naked! Oh come on! Continue!

LOL!!! legend


I live in Blanch and regularly hear it at night, keeps me awake but I dont mind, they're doing their job

Wertz

Garda chopper made the long and dangerous trip to Dundalk about 2 weeks back and spent 15 minutes hovering over a house two streets back from us. This was about 1.30am. A car used in a ramming incident had been abandoned in the area and they were looking for the culprits. It was funny, all my neighbours out in the street in their nightclothes pointing and wondering what was going on...

andyl222

mazdafarl wrote: »

No but then again im not a registered sex offender...

U got off on a technicality,we all know it....

Guy:Incognito

They should get that silent mode installed that airwolf had.

Plug

Rolfopter.

Dave!

I've never been woken up by it, but one time I was sitting in the john taking a sh*t (pleasant picture for you) when I saw alot of light out the bathroom window. I stuck my head out to have a peek and lo and behold, the Garda helicopter was hovering over the house with the light pointed into the garden. There was also 2 Gardai walking along the wall in the back garden, with flashlights. I gather they were looking for someone.

Probably the most exciting sh*t I've ever had. Except for that time I went to Busch Gardens rollercoaster park in Florida........

Manic Moran

Stekelly wrote: »

They should get that silent mode installed that airwolf had.

Did Airwolf have one? Blue Thunder had a Whisper Mode, Airwolf always struck me as a far less subtle chopper.

NTM

Guy:Incognito

Manic Moran wrote: »

Did Airwolf have one? Blue Thunder had a Whisper Mode, Airwolf always struck me as a far less subtle chopper.

NTM

Could well have just been blue thunder alright

Tom Dunne

Stekelly wrote: »

Could well have just been blue thunder alright

It was Blue Thunder. But they couldn't fly in whisper mode, only hover.

But then Airwolf had more guns and missiles and stuff.

And String was cool. Not like yerman in Blue Thunder.

Masada

that garda chopper much have a flight path that it sticks to every night., at about 1am nearly every night it is over my house without fail, then it'll do a few laps and pis off., it very annoying being there every night when you know there is no real reason for it, it would be ok if they were chasing someone i suppose but its getting very annoying., anyone know of an RPGs getting sold on the QT?

connundrum

vtec wrote: »

anyone know of an RPGs getting sold on the QT?

I'll give ya one for €320. Quality stuff like.

I've also got a Honda Civic if you're in the market.

Helichopters used to bug me when I lived in Johannesburg, but thats because it felt like they were hovering 10 feet above my roof. Doesn't bother me now though.

KamiKazi

maybe they got called in after somebody got a 7 kill streak.

NTM

Super Sidious

Afaik it has a silent mode, but it burns fuel alot quicker so they dont use it!
Hope I have the RPGx2 Perk next time it comes around!

Steyr

Its an EC135 T2 just a quiet Chopper.

Steyr

vtec wrote: »

that garda chopper must have a flight path that it sticks to every night.

Well seeing as there are 3 Gardai Helicopters and one Garda Plane of the GASU based at Baldonnel AB and flown by Irish Air Corps pilots and Manned by Gardai id imagine you live close to Baldonnel so they must have been doing night time VFR/IFR Training into Baldonnel or circuits of Baldonnel Training new pilots to fly at Night.






VFR/IFR - Visual Flight Rules/Instrument Flight Rules

GASU - Gardai Air Support Unit

uglyjohn

it was over blackrock/stillorgan tonight at about 8.

Steyr

uglyjohn wrote: »

it was over blackrock/stillorgan tonight at about 8.

With the exception of the fixed wing Aircraft what you saw could have been either:

Reg. 255, AS355N Squirrel (Garda AS2).
Reg. 256, EC 135 T2 (Garda AS3).
Reg. 272, EC 135 T2 (Garda AS4).


The GASU now Operate the following:
Reg. 254, Defender (Garda AS1).
Reg. 255, AS355N Squirrel (Garda AS2).
Reg. 256, EC 135 T2 (Garda AS3).
Reg. 272, EC 135 T2 (Garda AS4).

AS= Air Support

Rowley Birkin QC

ROFLAYOOABFPFCIU







ROFLAYOOABFFCIU = Roll on floor laughing at your overuse of abbreviations but fair play for clearing it up.

Jackz

Steyr wrote: »

With the exception of the fixed wing Aircraft what you saw could have been either:

Reg. 255, AS355N Squirrel (Garda AS2).
Reg. 256, EC 135 T2 (Garda AS3).
Reg. 272, EC 135 T2 (Garda AS4).


The GASU now Operate the following:
Reg. 254, Defender (Garda AS1).
Reg. 255, AS355N Squirrel (Garda AS2).
Reg. 256, EC 135 T2 (Garda AS3).
Reg. 272, EC 135 T2 (Garda AS4).

AS= Air Support

Thank you for the update Tackleberry, at ease.

bronte

It scared the crap out of me the other night hovering round my road.
I was convinced there was some kinda mass murderer running about outside. :eek:

Spitfire666

or he could justlive in an area that is full of joyriders ect.

Reku

Spitfire666 wrote: »

or he could justlive in an area that is full of joyriders ect.

Welcome to Finglas, if you look to the sky on your right you will see the weekly PWF* patrol, usually they're busy guiding the ground forces to the best spots to watch some outdoor underage sex, on occasion though they will get them to chase a cat through the park for the laugh.:D






*Pigs Who Fly

DublinWriter

The two EC 135's were doing a demo for the press in HQ yesterday.

I hope the monkeys in the a-zoo didn't get too upset with all the racket.

The Hill Billy

Airwolf did have a stealth-mode.

I wonder if the cops (& Styer?) refer to Baldonnell as "The Lair"?

Steyr

Hill Billy wrote: »

I wonder if the cops (& Styer?) refer to Baldonnell as "The Lair"?

Actually Casement AB, Baldonnel is actually nicknamed "The Don" or "Bal". Fact

Steyr

And the GASU today were involved with ground units in the arrest of some high ranking guy in Dublin with Heroin on him, fair play Gardai.;)

My Tax money well spent !

Naos

DaveMcG wrote: »

Probably the most exciting sh*t I've ever had. Except for that time I went to Busch Gardens rollercoaster park in Florida........

Been there myself, nothing was that scary, so therefore you must have had an exiting sh*t for another reason and it was...

OT: Nope, I don't get awoken by it.

g5hn710m4xpdwy

I'm trying to get used to them making noise every Friday, Saterday and sometimes Sunday with random appearances during the week.
Too who ever said they are "quite" choppers: Your wrong. Very very wrong.

Steyr, Is there any Heli's based in Weston Aerodome?

Dave!

Naos wrote: »

Been there myself, nothing was that scary, so therefore you must have had an exiting sh*t for another reason and it was...

OT: Nope, I don't get awoken by it.

Actually I've never been to Busch Gardens, I just said that for comedic effect. Heh.

electric69

Flunked wrote: »

Is there any Heli's based in Weston Aerodome?

Quite a few.there are helicopter training schools there too.