Thursday, 9 June 2011

Helicopters in Singapore at Twenty Metres

Helicopters at Twenty Metres

It was cloudy.......that typical tropical haze before rain – but there in the distance were one, then two then five helicopters, backwards and forwards across the horizon in the west – maybe just out to sea over the harbour. Below one seemed to be a large flag, the Singaporean flag.

I have seen that before, on National Day, when a large flag is held below a helicopter and is part of the fly past down near Marina bay. There has been someone - a real person - at the bottom of the flag to weight it down sometimes.

But this was in the distance, and a little hard to really tell what was taking place.
Then the helicopters turned and headed directly to our building. We were on the 27th floor – and they were very very close above us. A Chinook with the flag and a metal weight, plus four Tiger attack helicopters. Great view.



Not sure if a practice for National Day [ 9 August 2011]- but impressive.

If you are in Singapore for National Day – watch for the National Flag fly by and the festivities down at Marina Bay. Plus a fantastic fireworks display around 7pm.

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