A different kind of bird - into the sunset

Night flying from the Defence Helicopter Flying School. Under-slung load training.

This helicopter is from RAF Shawbury. When the Princes William and Harry were training there they too will have flown over (and presumably seen me in my dressing gown at times! heaven forbid). We did used to wave, just in case it was one of them! They were living just down the road from here although we never saw them.
Until now I didn't know I could download the night- and low-flying schedules - bonus!
canon 1d; 420mm; iso400; f/6.3; 1/5000"