Octopus99   10 #1 Posted February 1, 2020 There's been an plane circling over Hillsborough for a little while now, at first I assumed it was the helicopter for the football. I've just heard someone comment that it is in distress and needs to land! Anyone know anything about this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Vaati   11 #2 Posted February 1, 2020 More likely due to the pre-match damage of 2 trams by Millwall fans thugs that they have the chopper out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Caitlin Grayson   0 #3 Posted February 1, 2020 There’s a plane circling around s2 area. Seems to be looking for somewhere to land, can anyone see it??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
shepcanon   10 #4 Posted February 1, 2020 People around Gleadless last week thought they were seeing a plane in distress, turned out to be a low flying police plane. Never knew they had them up north until then.  https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/npas/news/new-aeroplanes-delivered Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Octopus99   10 #5 Posted February 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, shepcanon said: People around Gleadless last week thought they were seeing a plane in distress, turned out to be a low flying police plane. Never knew they had them up north until then.  https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/npas/news/new-aeroplanes-delivered Ahh that's probably more likely. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Gormenghast   59 #6 Posted February 1, 2020 I saw this tonight circling  over what I think is Sharrow/Highfield/ Heeley area for about 30 mins . (Hard to be specific as it was a distance away.) It wasn't visible on Flightradar. The abpve post from shepcanon would explain it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ghozer   112 #7 Posted February 1, 2020 I saw it a few weeks ago circling the city center.... Never spotted on flight radar.... Maybe it's photographing the city? - as it seems to be going area by area over a few weeks... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
iLackBrainCells   0 #8 Posted February 1, 2020 The NPAS helicopters won't appear on FlightRadar anymore as the criminals were using it to see if it was heading their way.  There has been a survey plane in this area over the last few weeks, flying out of East Midlands that has been on flights of four or more hours.  (I'm an aviation geek) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
*_ash_* Â Â 88 #9 Posted February 1, 2020 Probably obvious answer, but what makes the plane any better than a chopper? Â Faster to get to places and probably quieter, but surely not as manoeuvrable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Longcol   602 #10 Posted February 1, 2020 Could be a lot less bovver than a hover. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
kidley   48 #11 Posted February 1, 2020 1 hour ago, *_ash_* said: Probably obvious answer, but what makes the plane any better than a chopper?  Faster to get to places and probably quieter, but surely not as manoeuvrable. Maybe this is the answer.  C&P So, it really depends what you are looking at. As far as cost, fixed wing aeroplanes tend to be more expensive to buy but less expensive to fly. ... The difference is mainly in fuel, the helicopter requires much more fuel than the aeroplane to stay aloft Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest makapaka   #12 Posted February 1, 2020 Police plane. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...