Brixton helicopter thread

[editor]

Hovering right now.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Yeah it woke me & Ms Hatter up last night about 1 / 1.30am....sounded really low. I've noticed it a lot over the past week or so, mostly in the afternoon/evening though.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Woken up at (I think) about 3am by a helicopter. Got back to sleep only to be woken by it some time later and not able to get back to sleep. It was quite high up and circling about noisily, as they do. Feeling quite tired and grumpy.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Been hovering over the Hill for a while

 

[coconino]

Been hovering over the Hill for a while

There was a fire off St Matthews Road, at Crownstone Court. Looks like arson, a motorbike set on fire beside the block and the fire spread to ground floor flat. Someone tweeted that there were five fires set in Brixton overnight. At one point police seemed to be looking at a wall some way away from where the fire started, I got the impression they were talking about someone or something going over the wall.

 

[Badgers]

02.54 Over Brixton assisting with a search for suspect starting fires around the area. -- MPS Helicopter (@MPSinthesky)

 

[ajdown]

Where were the other fires to?

 

[Badgers]

Where were the other fires to?

I dunno, go have a look

 

[quimcunx]

helicopter.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

helicopter.

I know, couldn't figure out where it was though

Hope it's not the firestarter again

 

[Kanda]

Dunno if this has been posted yet but MPS Helicopter has a twitter feed: https://twitter.com/MPSinthesky

Some great shots of London in the feed.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Dunno if this has been posted yet but MPS Helicopter has a twitter feed: https://twitter.com/MPSinthesky

Some great shots of London in the feed.

I've been following that for months and have never seen it tweet when it's in Brixton right above my head

 

[Mrs Magpie]

One been hovering over what looks like Shakespeare Road/ Loughborough Junction/ Coldharbour Lane area for bloody ages.

 

[editor]

One been hovering over what looks like Shakespeare Road/ Loughborough Junction/ Coldharbour Lane area for bloody ages.

There's a big fire towards Peckham (see other thread)

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Nah, this one's much closer than that...I was alerted to it by the noise from my house.

 

[editor]

Nah, this one's much closer than that...I was alerted to it by the noise from my house.

No - it was the same one - I could see it from my window. It was right above the estate but looking at the fire.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Fair dos. You have a high vantage point, I just stand at ground level craning my neck

 

[editor]

It was there for ruddy ages and I only noticed the fire when I got up to shake my fist at the skies.

 

[editor]

Right above Moorland Estate now.

 

[Winot]

Dunno if this has been posted yet but MPS Helicopter has a twitter feed: https://twitter.com/MPSinthesky

Some great shots of London in the feed.

I'm with Minnie - followed this for a while and bugger all about Brixton (inc. extremely loud hovering RIGHT NOW).

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

leaving now, noisy fooker

 

[Greebo]

leaving now, noisy fooker

Heard it too - just what I didn't bloody need!

 

[ricbake]

There was a helicopter landing in Ruskin Park yesterday lunchtime, it didn't appear to be the London HEMS one. Here's a pic taken from the roof of Blue Star House - https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xOjZynMv_9pnockD34eNsdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink

I've been stalking the Police helicopter twitter feed @MPSinthesky - they were looking for "vunerable missing persons in Brockwell Park at 04:20 this morning.

I've collated the photos they have put out on twitter into an album on google here - https://picasaweb.google.com/113621438624453562389/MPSPhotos?authuser=0&feat=directlink

 

[ajdown]

Been hovering round the top of Brixton Hill for about 20 minutes now, starting to get a little annoying now.

 

[DietCokeGirl]

Summat's been circling around Brixton - maybe around the rec / market area - for a while now nothing on the twitter feeds for MPS or Air Ambulance but then if it is either of them I forgive them for concentrating on the job in hand rather than playing on their mobiles...

 

[Chilavert]

Someone assaulted/stabbed outside the shops at the bottom of Tulse Hill.

Lots of police and the helicopter.

 

[Not a Pleb]

The Brixton Blog is saying that the heliciopter was for a police officer who has been hit by a car.

http://www.brixtonblog.com/police-officer-hit-by-car-in-brailsford-road-brixton/7298

 

[Chilavert]

That would explain why there were some many police officers in attendance.

 

[wiskey]

There was a helicopter landing in Ruskin Park yesterday lunchtime, it didn't appear to be the London HEMS one. Here's a pic taken from the roof of Blue Star House - https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xOjZynMv_9pnockD34eNsdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink

Air ambulances from other services land to take patients to KCH very regularly. It is rare that HEMS lands there as it normally lands on the roof of the Royal London Hosp.

 

[ricbake]

http://ovallabour.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/message-from-kia-oval-on-helicopters-in.html Came across this via Twitter

A Film Company are using the Oval as a Heliport this weekend including a take off at 7am Sunday morning!