Helicopter over Thurso/Wick today

[Mr P Cannop]

did any one see the helcoppter in thurso area 15.25 pm today

[Kevin Milkins]

did any one see the helcoppter in thurso area 15.25 pm today

No but he was hovering just above us for a while in Wick so proberbly an exercise. That was about 15.00

[Mr P Cannop]

he was over my house went away then came back over my house 3 or 4 secs then went away over the thurso bay area

[Mr P Cannop]

what does a black helcoppter repesent ??

[Solus]

It had markings mr cannop, and looked like a private helicopter, to small to be a search and rescue. probably some one out for a jolly.

[Mr P Cannop]

maybe some one out taking photos ??

[speedo215]

i would doubt this would have anything to do with but there was someone taking photos at the mart about half 3ish

[grumpyhippo]

maybe some one out taking photos ??

I don't know if he was taking photos Mr C but I was sure taking pictures of him,the aircraft was one of PDGs' fleet if you want to have a flight follow this link.....http://www.pdg-helicopters.co.uk/scenic/

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[marlyn]

Don't know what he was doing - but if they were taking photos they got some crackers of us all standing like loonies in our driveway waving at them!!

[souperman]

Could be right about the taking photos....looks to be fitted with a gyro-stabilised camera below the nose.

[gollach]

I think that search and rescue helicopters are brightly coloured, not black.

[warrior]

Sometimes the hydro uses choppers for power line inspections

[Welcomefamily]

They might have been looking for the road that was in the flood film.

[ads]

It flew over Ackergill and around Sinclair Bay, I thought it was checking up on oil slick as it was very low.

[Moira]

Great photos grumpyhippo. :)

The helicopter hovered over the A99 at various points between Wick Town Centre and Lochshell. I doubt there was anything sinister involved. I am perhaps slightly blase, having lived most of my life on the flight-path to Wick Airport.

[Fran]

It was an oil contamination clean up survey helicopter from Carnoustie.