This is a discussion on Black Helicopter! Honest! within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; I prepared heavily for Y2K, and came into contact with a fair number of wild-eyed crazies in the "preparedness" world. Home from church this afternoon, ...
I prepared heavily for Y2K, and came into contact with a fair number of wild-eyed crazies in the "preparedness" world. Home from church this afternoon, we were surprised to see an honest-to-goodness black helicopter buzzing up and down our valley, below treetop level.
Imagine how intrigued I was by this fellow! And even more so when the Sheriff's dispatcher said, "I have no idea who that guy is - I've already called all of the airports in the area and nobody knows. If you can get a number off of the aircraft, I would love to have it." Thinking out loud, I mused, "I suppose it would be a poor idea to use the scope on my deer rifle..." The dispatcher agreed.
The helicopter seemed to be making a pattern about 100 yards per pass, at only about 50-80 feet off the ground (at least as he passed over our house). I got a photo on his pass over my neighbor's place, but the camera died as he came over mine. But I was close enough to read on the bottom of the craft, "Power Line Patrol". So much for conspiracy theories! But it was fun while it lasted.
I called the power company and suggested that the survey crew phone the county sheriff as a courtesy when they pull such antics, and to their credit they did call him within a half-hour.
We have a good time out here in the country.
Attached: telephoto shot of helicopter over neighbor's place, a normal shot of the same view showing where the telephoto shot fit in, and an advertising shot from Sikorsky showing their Model 333 powerline inspection helicopter with the same paint job as our visitor.
You think that's something, you should see the one they send out with the saw attached. That takes one heck of a pilot to use his helicopter to cut off tree limbs.
You think that's something, you should see the one they send out with the saw attached. That takes one heck of a pilot to use his helicopter to cut off tree limbs.
That's pretty cool, but the one I saw only had one blade and it was mounted on a pole that was about 15 to 20 feet long. He had to get real close to the trees to cut the limbs.
Interesting scenario. When I lived back up in the Winslow area, we got buzzed by choppers at certain times of the year. Some maybe as close as 150-200', some looked military but with no markings. Of course I knew what they were doing down in the Brentwood valley................inspecting the weeds!
That was my thought at first as well - and I've been told that this part of Appalachia has shifted from moonshine to other cash crops. From all indications, however, our corner of the county is clean as a whistle, and the funny stuff is at the other end where they have the communes. But I would expect that the local dispatcher would know what was up. If he knew of an operation, he might not tell me, but he would be unlikely to voice his frustration as he did. He told me, "None of our guys are in on it, whatever is going on - earlier this morning he was buzzing the Sheriff's place down the road from you..."
If they were sharp-eyed, they might have seen some of my wife's carefully-nurtured asparagus plants. Like I said, we live an exciting life.
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Am I the only one who finds it interesting that Paymeister's camera died just as the chopper got close? I guess they have perfected the remote battery draining technology the NSA has been working on all these years, I bet all his clocks are now blinking 12:00.
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Originally Posted by deadeye72
Good call!
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