big red chopper rides

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fitzcoraldo F
fitzcoraldo Jul 13, 2002 12:17:53

I flew off my rig yesterday, the weather was briliant.
The captain of the chopper took a different route into Aberdeen. We flew to Peterhead and then inland for a couple of miles and then south in an arc to Aberdeen. We flew over two circles. One was a neat circle which appeared to be on a raised platform and was fenced of on the edge of a field. I think this may have been South Ythsie.
The second was on the edge of a ridge. On top of the ridge was a ? folly/monument - a square, tall tower . The circle site looked a bit chaotic but some big stones were visible.
Any ideas to the identity of these two fellas?
cheers shipmates

K konaman
konaman Jul 14, 2002 21:55:01
Replying to fitzcoraldo

sorry, no, but you get paid to fly in a chopper over sites ?

lucky guy.

R RiotGibbon
RiotGibbon Jul 17, 2002 08:47:36
Replying to fitzcoraldo

you still there, ChopperMan ... I'm sure statistically helicopters are a lot safer than cars, but it does get a bit freaky when you hear about crashes ...

C Chris
Chris Oct 3, 2006 15:12:51
Replying to fitzcoraldo

fitzcoraldo wrote:
I flew off my rig yesterday, the weather was briliant.
The captain of the chopper took a different route into Aberdeen. We flew to Peterhead and then inland for a couple of miles and then south in an arc to Aberdeen. We flew over two circles. One was a neat circle which appeared to be on a raised platform and was fenced of on the edge of a field. I think this may have been South Ythsie.
The second was on the edge of a ridge. On top of the ridge was a ? folly/monument - a square, tall tower . The circle site looked a bit chaotic but some big stones were visible.
Any ideas to the identity of these two fellas?
cheers shipmates
First one sounds like Berrybrae.

Second one was South Ythsie, the tower is a monument to the 4th Earl of Aberdeen.

(For those of you asking the question,yes I am sad enough to be re-reading some of the old forum posts ;-p )