Oh Lordy Lordy.

We used to get them fly over quite a lot Terry, made the bungalow shake.

Not seen/heard any for a while now though.
 
We have had them now and then, one when over up at the farm when I was getting eggs and milk a few days ago, a splendid sight.
 
Used in N. Ireland during the troubles, along with whatever other machines were in use for dropping patrols or ground observation.
They tended to keep low (obviously), you could hear them a mile off but suddenly from nowhere they flew overhead and onwards. Same with the smaller ones that dropped patrols in bandit country.
There was a smaller type that was used for ground observation. High in the sky over west Belfast, they seemed like a fixture. Nailed to the sky and emitting a constant background engine noise, they seemed to be permanently there.
At night you could be driving along and suddenly your car and a large circle of intense light would illuminate you and your surroundings. It was like the scene in close encounters of the 3rd kind. You were being checked out from above.

Davy
 
They are elderly and expensive to run.
And a lot of their work can be done by more modern machinery and drones.
Bit like flying steam locomotives
Great to watch. Cumbersome and outdated.
 
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