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Pashalis:
today I was driving in my car up on the Swabian Mountains .
while driving I remembered and thought about an experience I had with a black helicopter a few months before, nearly at the same area.
(woody region)

after severel minutes (I was not thinking about it anymore) a large black helicopter appeared on my left in a forest glade while driving.
I saw the helicopter for a few seconds before I was entering the next piece of woodland.
the helicopter flew low towards the ground maybe 1 kilometer away from me into a direction were I thought to myself:
"when it flies furthermore into that direction maybe I see it again".

I was a little bit suprised. I turned my radio off and the lateral car windows down to hear the helicopter. I don't heard anything.
I slowed down to look if I can see him through the trees.
I must add that a van was driving infront of me.

than haphazardly another small forest glade came in front of me and suddenly the helicopter crossed the street in front of me very low no more than 15 m
from the ground from left to right. the helicopter was not more than 150 m distances from me. the van in front of me must have been ca in 80m -100m distance when the helicopter crossed the street. my facial expression must have look like this  :shock:

I heard no sound and the helicopter was flying rather strange not straight more tottering . the rotor blades seemed to move quite slow so I could see the particular blades  moving. the van in front of me (so it seemed) didn't slowed down.

a few seconds later when I reached the point where the helicopter crossed the street I looked to the right to see where he went. nothing.

I thought to myself:
"what a suicidal way to fly ! this is a small glade and there are trees in the direction where it came from, and there are trees in the direction where it flew onwards. is it possible for a normal helicopter to do such flight maneuver ? and who the hell would fly so risky and why ?"

for the next minutes I was driving slow to look after the helicopter but didn't see it again. I was so into the search of the helicopter that I forgot that a van was infront of me that must have seen it too. I followed the van to see if I can get a chance to talk to the driver, but I lost the van  :(

another coincidence was that I never drove that street before. and a few kilometers before I was entering into that street was a fork
and I thought: "today I drive this way".

Vulcan59:
It's not a crazy way to fly, Pashalis. It's called NOE flight and it's usually done by military aircraft, especially helicopters. The other bits, like no sound and the van, do sound strange though.  :/

Pashalis:

--- Quote from: Vulcan59 on April 11, 2011, 08:12:19 PM ---It's not a crazy way to fly, Pashalis. It's called NOE flight and it's usually done by military aircraft, especially helicopters. The other bits, like no sound and the van, do sound strange though.  :/

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from the wiki article:


--- Quote ---Nap-of-the-earth (abbreviated NOE) is a type of very low-altitude flight course used by military aircraft to avoid enemy detection and attack in a high-threat environment.[1]

During NOE flight, geographical features are used as cover, exploiting valleys and folds in the terrain by flying in, rather than over, them. This keeps below enemy radar coverage, avoiding "skylining". Other terms are also used, including "ground-hugging"..........
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Most NOE flying is done during the day using visual reference by pilots who are experienced in low flying. Data from a radar altimeter or terrain-following radar system is also used, the latter enabling low flying in adverse weather where it would not be possible by visual reference and manual pilot control.......
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The lowest NOE flying is by helicopters because they have lower speeds and more maneuverability than fixed-wing aircraft, particularly fast-jets. Helicopters can fly at treetop levels or even below the height of surrounding trees where there are clear areas (such as in river gullies),[1] flying under wires (such as electricity cables) rather than over them. Attack helicopters can hide behind trees or buildings, "popping up" just enough to use their (rotor mast-mounted) radar or other sensors and then minimally exposing themselves to launch weapons. Escape can then be made by further NOE flying. The altitude is different dependent on the area of operations, and is related to understory canopy layer (<15m/50ft) or low building, tree canopy layer of less than 45m (147ft), presence of tall buildings or concrete pylons with heights of up to 25 metres (76ft) international standard, or emergent tree layer canopy and lattice steel electricity pylon to 100m (328ft) being present in the area. Over populated areas an altitude of 500 feet AGL applies where transmission towers of 500ft are in use, these first installed in the 1940s in the northern hemisphere
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ok that would explain a lot but not the coincidences that lead to the sighting, the "no sound" , the completely black colour of the helicopter , the tremendous risk this "pilot" was making to hisself and the cars that drove there (I/the van).
olso the helicopter flew through the street and the small glade in the woods pretty fast. 

Ellipse:
Why did you entitle your post with the word "again" ?

Pashalis:

--- Quote from: Ellipse on April 11, 2011, 10:08:09 PM ---Why did you entitle your post with the word "again" ?

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because of


--- Quote from: Pashalis on April 11, 2011, 07:01:38 PM ---today I was driving in my car up on the Swabian Mountains .
while driving I remembered and thought about an experience I had with a black helicopter a few months before, nearly at the same area.

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