Westland Lynx Helicopter

339 - After lunch I set off to walk into town, and passing the grounds of Bootham Park Hospital, I was surprised to see a military helicopter approaching the hospital grounds. So, a detour into the hospital grounds to catch this shot of the helicopter as it lifted off again.

I presume this was a practice mission rather than a real emergency, since nobody left the helicopter, and nothing was unloaded from it. After lifting off, it made two circuits around the area before departing, but unfortunately these circuits were too high to get any more shots.

For those interested in the technical information, this helicopter is a military Westland WG-13 Lynx AH7, registration ZD280.

[Lee]

Good capture. I expect they needed to pick up some milk.

[william wooderson]

You sound like a professional helicopter-spotter!

[Therese]

This is pretty awesome!!! Cool shot!!!

[David Shimmings]

We only get Police Choppers but they are NOISY!

[Kd Wallis]

Very neat capture!!!! Awesome!

[Pyrrhula]

We do have Hospital emergency choppers. Maybe it`s a try out ?
What`s ever he was doing you have a great shot

[Hazel A]

Love the motion on the blades

[Colin]

Super take, Ian. Nice detail - I like that heat haze near the rear rotor.

[Judith Johnson]

A timely shot.

[Frank Hymus]

Neat stop of the action, but just slow enough to get a little motion in the top rotor.

[Tony]

A marvellous capture Ian and wonderful detail on the machine.

[Ann Jones]

Neat capture! This reminds me of the "Great Adventure" the boys had when they were small. We were up in the Snowdonia mountains when a helicopter landed quite close to us, quickly followed by another one. One of the passengers alighted from the first helicopter and got into the second before they both took off again. It couldn't have been any more exciting even if James Bond had appeared on the scene! (I think the boys were quite excited by it too)!!

[Vesna]

I can see the man in door of helicopter.

[bkb in the city]

Nothing like being in the right place at the right time

[Tanja Carda]

Fantastic shot Ian, love how you captured the movement, great timing too =)

[Jacqui Paterson]

Great shot. Very good capture.

[Steviepix]

Excellent capture. I like the way you have retained the sense of motion in the blades. Good work.

[Malc Bird]

Great shot and right place, right time

[Molly]

Well captured - a good clear shot.

[Ian Fisher]

Thank you all for your very generous comments. I was very fortunate to be there at the right time, and purely by change. My previous rather dramatic helicopter shot over the Minster definitely was a practice, because it was mentioned on local TV before the event ( http://365project.org/if1/365/2012-08-14). But I still haven't found confirmation why this landing took place.

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@gamelee - either that or dropping off the empties!

@will_wooderson - no, just an interested bystander. My son in law is in the RAF, and lived for a while on a helicopter base. I discovered then what great photo subjects they could be!

[Bob]

One has to be ready for good photo subjects from wherever they come from. Nice shot.

[Ian Fisher]

@bobhuegel

Thank you Bob - it is certainly an excellent reason for always carrying the camera!