The Puma with the Union Jack tail is an anniversary paint job celebrating 50 years of Puma in service. The Chinook with the Union Jack is celebrating 40 years of Chinook in service.
First went in a Puma as a cadet in 1972… ended up clocking over 2,000 hours on them … can’t believe it’s the same tail numbers flying now as I flew all those years ago… Great aircraft though… One of my favourites!
I’ve been in Lynx (hedge hopping in South Armagh) Puma(did a stall test in one of those with a large door gunner doing handstands on two fingers as the negative G’s kicked in ),Chinook’s and Sea Kings bringing back some great memories of times long since past. I was involved with the early strip out operations at Bessbrook in the early 90’s and the rebuild of XMG which incidentally was the biggest Chopper airlift since the Falklands. An Ex Sapper.
There wasn't any Sea King, instead they were Royal Navy AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin Mk.2. The Westland Sea King was retired from operational service in 2016. We used Chinook to transport our vehicles back in the 1980s with 5 Airborne Brigade.
I saw two formations consisting of one Chinook and two Apaches each over Germany today. I was wondering if they were British or American because I could not see their colour propery. Either way, good to have you chaps arround when the russians get cheeky. Greetings from Germany and God Save the Queen.
I love the sound of Chinooks, you can hear them coming from miles away, I looked after a place near Midhurst, West Suusex, and they used to come in pairs and land on the cricket pitch at the back of the site, loads of squaddies would run out with all their kit and dive to the ground, then all run back onboard and off they would go again, it never got boring.
Theses are pumas there not chinnoks but your right chinnoks sound awesome EDIT: apologies to yourself Ira...I never watched the whole video and you are absolutely correct,there are definitely chinnoks in the video.very sorry!
As a former Resident of South Ruislip, the Audio Track on here, does not do Chinnocks coming into Northolt, any justice. Just to say the House and Ground vibrates.
This whole video reminds me of a film clip during the Vietnam war. Now in modern times, it's a film clip during the Russian/Ukraine war. If those choppers are carrying high end military staff, then you can bet it's not for a catch up over a cup of coffee. It's very dangerous times at the moment with the conflict in the Ukraine.
@@TheJamesm1980 lol touch and go in " brummie land" no why am i not surprised.. lol they touched down realised that even DHL could deliver to places in Iraq yrs back but not Brummie land... true, so they took off again lol joke
Those pumas will carry amazing loads, saw one with another puma underslung and another with a scorpion/scimitar tank underslung. But for myself, The old Wessex was great, land in a tiny Irish field, totally reliable, a proper workhorse.
Announced earlier, Boris/ UK Govt is sending 10 UK military helicopters to Poland, close to its border to Ukraine & others to Nato bases in Eastern Europe.
@@nicy4655 😁 The French make the Puma in the video and they have already met Putin to surrender🤣 🤣 It was at that moment Big Al got a weeks ban on TH-cam 🤷♂️ 🤣🤣🤣
RAF Northolt is a NATO headquarters and the Allied Maritime Command Centre. with all that's going on in Ukraine at the moment expect a lot more activity there.
@@jasoneldridge4738, well, in this day & age you’re not keeping that secret now, are you. That’d require an internet and mobile data blackout, along with a major sweep of everyone’s mobile devices before any internet or data goes back on, and, methinks, that alone would get a lot of attention
Unless its changed . . . NATO headquarters and the Allied Maritime Command Centre and PJHQ used to be located at Northwood Headquarters. RAF Northolt is 3- 4 miles south of that.
Visited this site many years ago (had to be security cleared), and realised even James Bond would not get in there. Massive blast proof doors and an air pressure system inside. Many levels and lots of staff. The main map room at the lowest level was awesome! Needless to say all security were armed!
It’s close to HMS Warrior. I think this could have been a high level Navy meeting at HMS warrior ferrying in Navy top brass with the current situation in Ukraine.
Russia 🇷🇺 you should be more worried about the oil companies taking you over than Russia who don't have a history of going around the world invading places 🙄 🤔
Alan c. ?? Hmm, yes they do, i guess you do not do history? They have attacked many countries for centuries. It os why russia is so big. Also why china built a wall. Afghanistan in the 90s, now ukraine.
Kulwan dhaliwal we haven’t mentioned Norfolk. I know where Norfolk is I’ve been there lots of times. Northolt is an RAF base in Ruislip. Look at the spelling 👍
The Freakin thrust burners engines on each side of the Chinook tend to fry your head when you`ve taken your cap off though ,when your doing a low level dismounting .
Blimey! I left the RN in 1988 and still id'd all three types of helo, the only one that wasn't around back then was the Merlin but it's good to keep your hand in.
Back in summer 2019 I worked as security at a music festival down in Hampshire called Carfest South & all day everyday we had Chinooks flying over us day & night for the duration, it was a novelty at first but it became normal after a while lol
Last time the words expeditionary force was used was ww2 by the great Churchill pretty sire russia won't nuke anyone as they 2 would be nuked of the map
its obviously a training exercise to move government people and diginatrys out of London, in the event of a nuclear conflict, the main people are in london and will have to move very quickly to safety in different parts of the country. they've obviously got to get the training spot on.
Erm!!??. Corsham Emergency Government Bunker !! is a Tourist center.. or I guess was, uptill 10 days ago !!?? May sense and sensibility prevail my girlfriend is a A&S Ambulance BLR driver/ support crew. and I THANK HER, AS I DO YOU ALL, EVERYDAY.. 'THANK YOU' FOR YOUR SERVICE
Ok so Northolt is in London? Because I see one go over my house in Woodford in essex and it was light grey and had rockets either side. Now I’ve seen chinooks go that way one after the other and return but never knew there was a base there. Least now that makes sense. Thanks for video footage it’s really good with sun setting.
That's a possibility. What with everything happening in Ukraine I can imagine that as a precaution, the SAS have been instructed to, at the very least, increase how much they're training so they're as precise as possible in the event that the situation changes for the worse and they're needed for anything.
The Puma with the Union Jack tail is an anniversary paint job celebrating 50 years of Puma in service.
The Chinook with the Union Jack is celebrating 40 years of Chinook in service.
Love how that first Chinook was “Nah, I’m not putting my wheels down on the main runway and taxiing, i will just land where I intend to stop” 😂
Ah to own a chopper lol
Best comment lol
First went in a Puma as a cadet in 1972… ended up clocking over 2,000 hours on them … can’t believe it’s the same tail numbers flying now as I flew all those years ago… Great aircraft though… One of my favourites!
@April 2089 Got Army wings in 1980, operated the Gazelle with 3 Commando Brigade then the Puma with the 33 Squadron RAF 1984/87
I’ve been in Lynx (hedge hopping in South Armagh) Puma(did a stall test in one of those with a large door gunner doing handstands on two fingers as the negative G’s kicked in ),Chinook’s and Sea Kings bringing back some great memories of times long since past.
I was involved with the early strip out operations at Bessbrook in the early 90’s and the rebuild of XMG which incidentally was the biggest Chopper airlift since the Falklands.
An Ex Sapper.
I was in FKL when the Sappers rebuilt it in 1991. Everything came in by Chinook or Puma, with groups of Lynx providing top cover.
There wasn't any Sea King, instead they were Royal Navy AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin Mk.2. The Westland Sea King was retired from operational service in 2016. We used Chinook to transport our vehicles back in the 1980s with 5 Airborne Brigade.
Don’t worry be happy welcome to XMG👍😉
I flew in a 33sqn puma from raf aldergrove jear belfast in 97. Interesting times
Pull up a sandbag..
I saw two formations consisting of one Chinook and two Apaches each over Germany today. I was wondering if they were British or American because I could not see their colour propery. Either way, good to have you chaps arround when the russians get cheeky. Greetings from Germany and God Save the Queen.
Greetings right back at ya! Together we stand!
🇩🇪🇺🇸
I love the sound of Chinooks, you can hear them coming from miles away, I looked after a place near Midhurst, West Suusex, and they used to come in pairs and land on the cricket pitch at the back of the site, loads of squaddies would run out with all their kit and dive to the ground, then all run back onboard and off they would go again, it never got boring.
Theses are pumas there not chinnoks but your right chinnoks sound awesome
EDIT: apologies to yourself Ira...I never watched the whole video and you are absolutely correct,there are definitely chinnoks in the video.very sorry!
I grew up near aldergrove . Loved the sound of the chinook flying over head and low. Great times in a twisted way
As a former Resident of South Ruislip, the Audio Track on here, does not do Chinnocks coming into Northolt, any justice.
Just to say the House and Ground vibrates.
And sets the car alarms off; I love it though.
They are surprisingly quiet compared that that police helicopter I hear every other night
cant you hear the mic is overwhelmed by the wind ?
@@Amauvy yes I can, however I can compare it to the car sounds on the road and understand that this is still fairly quiet.
@@Lb.q2 its probably the software that balances all the sounds for clarity
Military helos should be quieter... no tactical advantage, police helos however tactical approach less important
And the police ones are supposed to be super quiet for surveillance 😂😂😂
*Ride of the Valkyries intensifies*
This is some seriously good videography here. Top marks on this video.
It was nice to finally get the “special” Puma!
@@northoltflightwatch Certainly stood out, the Chinook too!
@@northoltflightwatch Can I please ask what the special paintwork on the Chinook & one of the Pumas is about?...
@Gordy Other comments say anniversary paint scheme. 40 years of Chinook. 50 years of Puma.
@@badbusiness2113 many thanks for that...much appreciated👍...its all on good old Google too...
This whole video reminds me of a film clip during the Vietnam war. Now in modern times, it's a film clip during the Russian/Ukraine war. If those choppers are carrying high end military staff, then you can bet it's not for a catch up over a cup of coffee. It's very dangerous times at the moment with the conflict in the Ukraine.
Your damm right I've just seen 1 poss 2 awacs landing at bhx but it might have been 1 doing a touch and go a couple times
@@TheJamesm1980 lol touch and go in " brummie land" no why am i not surprised.. lol they touched down realised that even DHL could deliver to places in Iraq yrs back but not Brummie land... true, so they took off again lol joke
Those pumas will carry amazing loads, saw one with another puma underslung and another with a scorpion/scimitar tank underslung. But for myself, The old Wessex was great, land in a tiny Irish field, totally reliable, a proper workhorse.
Absolutely incredible!!
Nicely done!
Absolute waste of tax-payers' money!
AMAZING FLYOVERS!!!!!!
SA330 puma helicopter the first two
The second is a AW101 merlin
Pretty magnificent on these helicopter in action on the Merlins, Chinooks and Pumas 😁😊
Great footage mate! Nice to see both special liveries!
Funnily enough we had a Merlin passing low and fast through the north south corridor over latchford near warrington cheshire today.
Announced earlier, Boris/ UK Govt is sending 10 UK military helicopters to Poland, close to its border to Ukraine & others to Nato bases in Eastern Europe.
Can’t deal with the channel but can with Poland... great 😏
@@mashbury Agree 👍
Are they flown by r a f pilots ?
They're actually a necessity in Khanage's London..
Great footage 🇬🇧
You can see that folk have still got their curtains drawn. It must be hell getting woken up by these joyriders so often.
I found that my time living in South Ruidlip, that most of the activity, at Northolt, was Private Executive Jets.
"Saigon. Shit! I'm still only in Saigon"...........
Incredible footage.
ah RAF NORTHOLT keep the good work up RAF 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
And Royal Navy
A lot of those Helo’s come flying over my home on their way to RAF Northolt. Fascinating!
I have seen these Merlin helecopters and are surprisingly quiet for a large helecopter
@Balla watch the entire video. there are merlins
@Balla The helicopter at 1:43 is a Merlin
I live in South Wales, and have seen pairs of Apaches fly overhead a fair few times
These aircraft will be carrying military personnel and equipment, was this at RAF Nothholt?
They are getting ready for when the shit hits the fan ! Wake up !
This is when we find out what all the lockdowns and 'Nightingale Hospitals' were all about
Cranks.
chinooks are incredible.
I mean why not?
U.S : We love showing off our Aircraft!
British: If the Americans can show off, why the bloody hell shouldn't we!
Our services personel are very good at ferrying people about these days.
Practicing for government and Royal evacuation maybe.
Best military in the world
One of the finest helicopter videos.
The chinook with the union flag on it 😍
Makes a change doesnt it! It’s forBiden everywhere else 😜
Good job. I flew in a few as an army medic back in the day
Absolutely adore Merlins
there were some merlins as well
Nice sharing
In the style of Arnold Schwarzenegger "GET TO THE CHOPPA"....
Great video captures by the way, keep up the good work. 👍
Great photography where are the Apaches and Wildcats?
On there way to rusher only joking I hope we don’t get to involved 🤞🏻
Camouflaged too well. It'd be a bad day if an Apache ever got sent to London and the Wildcat cant carry as many pax. Best regards, Al
Ukrainian border?
@@nicy4655 for now
@@nicy4655 😁 The French make the Puma in the video and they have already met Putin to surrender🤣 🤣 It was at that moment Big Al got a weeks ban on TH-cam 🤷♂️ 🤣🤣🤣
When the chinook comes in it looks so bad ass
Especially when pulling that ass around, for the final approach.
Saw pumas occasionally at manston French air force and army still got loads in service
Why were they at Northolt
The chinooks can be surprisingly quiet.
were these what I heard flying overhead at night in the pitch black while I was having a break in an Airbnb in Norfolk a week or so ago then? 🤔
Seems to be 4 #Merlins there, codes E, AB, F and K
RAF Northolt is a NATO headquarters and the Allied Maritime Command Centre. with all that's going on in Ukraine at the moment expect a lot more activity there.
Good job it's not classified information then
@@jasoneldridge4738, well, in this day & age you’re not keeping that secret now, are you. That’d require an internet and mobile data blackout, along with a major sweep of everyone’s mobile devices before any internet or data goes back on, and, methinks, that alone would get a lot of attention
All the top brass in the command bunker, deep underground!
Unless its changed . . . NATO headquarters and the Allied Maritime Command Centre and PJHQ used to be located at Northwood Headquarters.
RAF Northolt is 3- 4 miles south of that.
Visited this site many years ago (had to be security cleared), and realised even James Bond would not get in there. Massive blast proof doors and an air pressure system inside. Many levels and lots of staff. The main map room at the lowest level was awesome! Needless to say all security were armed!
I enjoyed flying in Chinook, Puma & Lynx in my army days. Did my bit, too old now. Glad I’m not in to be honest. Worrying times indeed.
What's the meeting about? Ukraine?
There landing at hillingdon probably a squadron rotation for sneaky beaky types
Great filming, great video 👍
Are these all diffrent choppers on the same day
What are they coming into Northolt in such numbers? Does this happen a lot?
It’s close to HMS Warrior. I think this could have been a high level Navy meeting at HMS warrior ferrying in Navy top brass with the current situation in Ukraine.
Awsome video thanks 🙏👍👍☝️🏴🇬🇧
Were RAF's Chinooks built under licence?
Any idea what this was . Practice evacuation if things with Russia deteriorate further ?
Moving people around for a JEF conference, all in the description 👍
Lunchtime at macky ds
Great video thanks for sharing, brought back lots of fond memories…
Something big going on
Something big has been going on since 2019, before the scamdemic.
Are the back rotors actually spinning as slow as they look?
No that effect is caused by the cameras shutter speed
BRILLIANT VIDEO LOVE THE CHOPPERS AWESOME WORK 🤙🤙
Love this!!!
When I read the title I was concerned but then I saw they where British and not Russian lol
Russia 🇷🇺 you should be more worried about the oil companies taking you over than Russia who don't have a history of going around the world invading places 🙄 🤔
Not funny
Don't worry, they can't, we've banned them from using our airspace 😉
Sebby, 😂🇬🇧🇺🇦
Alan c. ?? Hmm, yes they do, i guess you do not do history?
They have attacked many countries for centuries. It os why russia is so big.
Also why china built a wall.
Afghanistan in the 90s, now ukraine.
Some great catches there...thanks for sharing....🙂🙂👍👍
Nice Video! Those Agusta helicopters looks good!
Or Westland even! Nothing there was Agusta!
Looks like the regiment may be on the move????🇬🇧🇬🇧
Outstanding brilliant I love your channel so glad I was told about it 👍👍👍
Cheers !
Belvoir Castle near Grantham ??
Yes
Pumas and merlins and Chinnock
Another great capture
ive been in lynx,puma sea king and chinooks.best thing ever
Why land in London if they are supposed to be going to Poland? VIP Evacuation practice maybe..??
Presumably going to a pre-deployment meeting/brief at Northwood or MoD. Or assembling before flying out.
Kulwan dhaliwal we haven’t mentioned Norfolk. I know where Norfolk is I’ve been there lots of times. Northolt is an RAF base in Ruislip. Look at the spelling 👍
Briilliant footage 👍
I wonder who they are flying out?
That runways got the hump
Great video 👍 👍
Nice 👍👏
The Freakin thrust burners engines on each side of the Chinook tend to fry your head when you`ve taken your cap off though ,when your doing a low level dismounting .
These are beasts of the sky.
Is the Chinook more of a combat attack helicopter and MI26 a heavy lift commercial cargo kind of vehicle?
watch a TH-cam Chinook documentary. they are incredible machines.
their a brick that can ( but shouldn't) fly ..
May sense and sensibility prevail
Blimey! I left the RN in 1988 and still id'd all three types of helo, the only one that wasn't around back then was the Merlin but it's good to keep your hand in.
I didn't think Puma's were still in service. Thought Merlins had taken over.
Do not be complacent. Ominous signs around the world. I just researched helicopters. What do you think about the MI26 and KA52.
I served at R.A.F. Northolt
Back in summer 2019 I worked as security at a music festival down in Hampshire called Carfest South & all day everyday we had Chinooks flying over us day & night for the duration, it was a novelty at first but it became normal after a while lol
There is an airbase nearby I live in the south and chinnoks have been flying over for years.
@@TheRatlord74 yeah RAF Odiham is home of Chinooks as far as I know
Brilliant video thank you
Brilliant video fantastic scenes
1:50 They were about to fill up at Shell, until they saw the price of Diesel.
I live near Belvoir Castle... had no idea this JEF meeting was happening there
Woolsthorpe the chequers
I'm from Newark.
Remember seeing the Vulcans above Lincolnshire?!
👍
@@billyrobertson8592 mines a Guinness, what are you guys having 🍻👍
Living in Northern Ireland i lived in the town that had the 2nd busiest helipad in Europe
Where's France, Belgium and Germany in this expeditionary force?
I think it's unlikely they would be at Northolt.
@@AndrewLumsden Obvious they won't be at Northolt ! Where are they in this collaborative effort ?
Last time the words expeditionary force was used was ww2 by the great Churchill pretty sire russia won't nuke anyone as they 2 would be nuked of the map
Noisey chav louder than the friggin WOKKA goung past at 4:37
do ya reckon?!!
Everytime he rides past.🛵
he imagines he's Maverick
👨🏻✈️😎🛫
in that Airforce Base, bike an chick, scene from Top Gun
@@grahamfisher5436 haha yeah you have a point lol 😂
Went to take off from Sennybridge in Puma, rose 10 feet and something broke and we landed again. One and only time in copter. REME.
Is that it only 3 in our fleet
What awesome sight
I didnt know we still flew Pumas
Not for much longer, retired in the next couple of years.
Nigh nigh on fifty years old now
Super Pumas, hardly scary.
its obviously a training exercise to move government people and diginatrys out of London, in the event of a nuclear conflict, the main people are in london and will have to move very quickly to safety in different parts of the country. they've obviously got to get the training spot on.
Erm!!??. Corsham Emergency Government Bunker !! is a Tourist center..
or I guess was, uptill 10 days ago !!??
May sense and sensibility prevail
my girlfriend is a
A&S Ambulance BLR driver/ support crew.
and I THANK HER, AS I DO YOU ALL, EVERYDAY..
'THANK YOU'
FOR YOUR SERVICE
Merlins of CHF ⚓❤ . Didn't spot any Wildcat though.
Ok so Northolt is in London? Because I see one go over my house in Woodford in essex and it was light grey and had rockets either side. Now I’ve seen chinooks go that way one after the other and return but never knew there was a base there. Least now that makes sense. Thanks for video footage it’s really good with sun setting.
Yes RAF Northolt is in west London, military helicopters often transit past it after they have crossed London via the Thames
RAF Northolt had Spitfires in WW2, very important given its proximity to London. Also RAF North Weald to the east and RAF Biggin Hill to the south.
@@andrewwaller5913 what Rockets you special case
@@mrpusser0348 You replied to the wrong person. I have no idea about any rockets either 😁
@@kulwantdhaliwal1445 He didnt say Norfolk
Whats going on then ??
Delegates my backside, more like SAS movements.
That's a possibility. What with everything happening in Ukraine I can imagine that as a precaution, the SAS have been instructed to, at the very least, increase how much they're training so they're as precise as possible in the event that the situation changes for the worse and they're needed for anything.
Nah they will appear in Russia one bullet in putins head job done use Russian dragunov sniper rifle and Russian ammo no comebacks then
@@quagmirewasere "appear"
May sense and sensibility prevail
i thought they were gunna shot me so i hide under my blanket :(