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7th September 2016, 01:11 PM
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Someone important in town today?
I was outside just now (cleaning the S8 naturally) and heard a hell of a racket in the sky. Helicopter but, well very very loud and taking it's time approaching!
Eventually a couple of Chinooks hove into view, following the route between Northolt and Chequers. I wonder who for? PM usually goes by road and it's not the weekend anyway. Secret Brexit talks with someone important? Nothing like as spectacular as when George Bush came to visit Tony Blair of course, we had a serious low-level military flypast of heavy USA helicopter weaponry on that occasion. Very low, mostly at treetop height. 
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#2
8th September 2016, 05:44 AM
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Sorry HP,
I overlay and needed to get there in a hurry. I have ordered some electric helicopters so that you are not disturbed again.
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#3
8th September 2016, 09:50 AM
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Probably an anti-terrorism training exercise with the PM out of the country and involving the PM's protection team and staff. You didnt see a Teresa May lookalike wafting about in a large black Jag as well did you?
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#4
8th September 2016, 08:45 PM
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We're in a low-fly zone for military stuff - they do a lot of following the valleys, staying well below the approach to Exeter airport. Its quite cool if you like that sort of thing, which I do
 I've had Hercules fly by below the level of the house, Apaches playing dogfights in the valley below, and we get quite a lot of Chinooks. The best one though was coming over a hill and finding a fully armed Apache in the valley facing me at eye level! They are surprisingly huge and intimidating up close
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#5
8th September 2016, 10:45 PM
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9th September 2016, 07:03 AM
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#7
10th September 2016, 07:28 PM
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George Soros came to put May straight already.
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#8
11th September 2016, 10:46 PM
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We live four miles from the National Memorial Arboretum and get an interesting mix of modern and vintage military stuff, plus the big wigs being flow in and out
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11th September 2016, 10:55 PM
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