chinook

[dogcat]

is it the same one or more than one, what's it doing??

[jim_the_chin]

Landed somewhere, maybe near kings

[Loz]

It seems to be circling very low up here near the station.

[maxxi]

circling overhead

[cyberplanes]

doing display round trips from Alleyn's grounds

[KalamityKel]

And a pretty display of parachute jumping :)

Tis Founders day at Alleyns is it not?

[maxxi]

cyberplanes Wrote:

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> doing display round trips from Alleyn's grounds

Ahh, is this Alleyn's solution to the cuts in lollipop persons? Are pupils to be ferried into school thus and abseil onto the tennis courts?

[nouveau pauvre]

Either that or Dulwich is being invaded.

[jround]

lots of parachuters just came out of it over the CPT pub area and proceeded to land west of LL ? at alleyns

[steveo]

It's a good job we haven't all got helicopters

[muffins78]

Its still circling up at the Forest Hill end of Underhill Road

[nouveau pauvre]

Steveo --

http://www.planecheck.com/index.asp?ent=da&id=13620&cor=y

Less than a two-bed in ED!

[Tarot]

This very expensive chinook helicopter,probably could be doing more important things rather than spend a few hours.

entertaining the privalleged elite at Alleyns ,

What a decadent waste of money and proving we are not all in it together,Southwark cannot even afford traffic safety officers for kiddies.

Some people up there in Dulwich are thumbing their noses at the rest of us it seems.

[Miacis]

Well said Tarot - am seething - and remind me someone isn't Alleyn's a charity?

This is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO offensive

Surely the 4x4s are enough

[KalamityKel]

Tarot Wrote:

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> This very expensive chinook helicopter,probably

> could be doing more important things rather than

> spend a few hours.

> entertaining the privalleged elite at Alleyns ,

> What a decadent waste of money and proving we are

> not all in it together,Southwark cannot even

> afford traffic safety officers for kiddies.

> Some people up there in Dulwich are thumbing their

> noses at the rest of us it seems.

Is this BBC Points of View?

[samrids]

It has been circling for ages, and to think i was starting to worry what it was doing. Seems like a lot of money is being wasted, i thought they all belonged to the MOD!!!

[dogcat]

That's probably the answer, the school run oneupmanship gone mad, does a range rover beat a porsche cayenne beat an Audi etc.??

Now one of the mummys has gone out and bought a bloody great chopper! What next, Apache wars over Dulwich?

[KalamityKel]

::o dogcat that was sooooo 90s! ;-)

[maxxi]

It's actually a cunning ruse by a gang of pick-pockets that are working their way along LL as people look skywards.

[Loz]

Tarot Wrote:

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> This very expensive chinook helicopter,probably

> could be doing more important things rather than

> spend a few hours.

> entertaining the privalleged elite at Alleyns ,

> What a decadent waste of money and proving we are

> not all in it together,Southwark cannot even

> afford traffic safety officers for kiddies.

> Some people up there in Dulwich are thumbing their

> noses at the rest of us it seems.

Quite right. How DARE people spend money in ways that you do not approve of.

[steveo]

[www.planecheck.com]

Less than a two-bed in ED!

Mmm, very interesting nouveau pauvre but there's tax and insurance, MOTs. It could get expensive

[Kapt.Kopter]

this thread just reminds how small minded some people can in ED

[taper]

We need a new law for the forum.

Given enough time the chances of any thread on the EDF having a pop at Local public schools approaches one.

I bring you Flashman's Law.

[Green Goose]

Pathetic Tarot, you really must try and knock these chips off your shoulders.

The parachute drops were part of regular training exercise which would have to be done anyway. When my cousin was a para he had to do a minimum of 4 day and 4 night jumps every year. So where it's done is of no significance.

Doing it over Alleyn's makes sense as the school has one of the largest CCF (Combined Cadet Force) operations in the UK and would be of direct interest to the cadets.

Pupils attend CCF in their own time after school hours. It is very useful in building team spirit, instill self-confidence and develop leadership skills. Quite a few ex cadets go on to have careers in the military - serving the country.

[Asset]

Spend all that money on their education only for them to get blown up? seems a waste - surely captains of industry serve our country better.