It turns out he wasn't alone. DENVER (KDVR) — More than 30 planes will fly over metro Denver Thursday to raise money for the Colorado COVID Relief Fund and honor essential workers. 10:35 a.m. — Denver People that lived in the area noted how they shook their house like nothing else and how they have never seen helicopters flying that low and fast before. … Any idea what might be going on?" "Crews maintain their flight paths to avoid houses and individuals and take caution with livestock and horse riders.". The Denver region experiences many types of aircraft over flights that may or may not be related to DEN. Why they ended up further south, over the Northwest Oregon coast isn't exactly clear, but they have to practice complex infiltrations flying over undulating terrain at night and in poor weather for hundreds of miles, as they could be called upon to do it for a time-sensitive operational mission. Satsop Nuclear Power Plant, which sits between Olympia and Aberdeen in Western Washington, was never completed and has been left in a semi-abandoned state for decades. 11:30 a.m. — Silverton The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) is the designated aviation unit for Special Operations, also known as "Night Stalkers." In the Denver airspace, at any point in time, there could be long haul flights en route (e.g. It was hard to tell being how late it was and dark with cloud cover. Several people on Twitter expressed concern over low-flying helicopters seen late Wednesday night. That’ll be $8,000 a week, Thrift stores thrive during pandemic, deluged with donations, then shoppers after shutdown, “Hurt, angry, sad and lost”: Coloradans endure pandemic Thanksgiving, PHOTOS: Air Force Thunderbirds fly over Denver and the Front Range, Denver Mayor Hancock apologizes for flying for Thanksgiving after urging others not to travel due to COVID-19, Denver mayor traveled for Thanksgiving despite pandemic and Twitter was not happy about it, Health officials lift shutdown orders for 5 Douglas County restaurants that violated COVID-19 restrictions, Another district court judge says inappropriate conduct by other judges is the norm in Adams County, Record Denver snowfall is rare for multiple reasons. Leonardo, based on Lysander Road in Yeovil, explained that their flight operations "varies from week to week" and is dependent on customer requirements and meeting test and trial targets on Ministry of Defence programmes. Three AW159 Wildcat helicopters, based at RNAS Yeovilton, have been deployed to support the UK Ministry of Defence’s efforts in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, Leonardo employs thousands of people in Yeovil, ‘B’ Flight of 845 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) is a part of the Commando Helicopter Force based at RNAS Yeovilton, after the huge aircraft flew above houses in the Weston area, The Ministry of Defence's sponsored air exercises in the area, Crystal Meth to COVID-19 - 5 RNAS Yeovilton missions in past year, Somerset helicopter based at RNAS Yeovilton fires new laser-sensor missile for first time in 'milestone' trial, Somerset army helicopters aiding emergency COVID-19 coronavirus responses across south of England, Yeovil-made Leonardo helicopters transport critical COVID-19 patients in pandemic response emergencies in Italy. Andrade, John M. (1979). Ryan McDonnough, a contact of mine, messaged me about his friend Nicholas McKenzie's experience. "We are noticing that local residents are much more aware of activity in the skies than perhaps they would otherwise have been. Its Yeovil-made AW101 or AW159 Wildcat helicopters are predominately conducting flight tests from their airfield and over the South West of England and seas off the south coast. The effort is … In light of these frequent sightings of military aircraft, Somerset Live investigated these flights and asked Leonardo and RNAS Yeoviliton how they plan their journeys. Sign up for our newsletter here. “This Memorial Day is unique but no less important than any other in our nation’s history. For a fixed-wing aircraft, it means flying down to 250 feet from the ground whereas a rotary-wing aircraft, such as a helicopter, flies as low as 100 feet from the ground. from Los Angeles to Chicago) traveling at very high altitudes; general aviation aircraft traveling to and from other local airports, military aircraft, other commercial aircraft traveling to nearby commercial airports and helicopter traffic for medical or traffic reasons.