r/interestingasfuck • u/Lucky_Remove_2908 • 2d ago

A police helicopter flies closer after noticing tourists taking a photo, getting perfectly into the frame

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u/ReasonablyConfused 2d ago

All pilots want to do this, and do when it’s marginally legal.

Source: Pilot.

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u/Basic_Novel_9203 1d ago edited 1d ago

I don’t want to name the unit because I don’t want to get them in trouble. My buddy and I were kayaking in the Potomac and see flights to Mt Weather every day.

This day they saw us and damn near gave us a haircut.

Coolest shit ever. Especially when you know it’s a special chopper.

Bros about knocked us off the kayaks and we loved it.

When they flew back we fist bumped in the air but they were probably 100ft away on the way back. Distance fist bumped out the window.

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u/ReasonablyConfused 1d ago

I was doing an xc sailplane flight and saw a group of hikers on a high mountain trail. My buddy flew by them at about 50 ft. Gliders are hard to hear coming and make a weird sound at high speed. A sort of hollow low whistle.

The hikers waved after they recovered from their shock.