r/aviation • u/Th3_Meat-Man • 12h ago

Identification Helicopter flyover question

Hello was curious if anyone could provide anyone information about this 4 helicopter flyover yesterday. I apologize for the subpar video as you can tell it was captured on my dash cam and they seemed a lot closer from my view than it appears on film.

This 4 helicopter convey was spotted going north on interstate 75 heading into Cincinnati. 2 appeared Apache-ish shape and 2 were shorter and had a more rounded nose, all four were pained a metallic blueish grey.

Was this some sort of military drill?

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u/post-explainer 12h ago edited 12h ago

OP has provided the following source:

OC personal vehicle dash cam

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u/Far_Future_1982 12h ago

Hueys and Cobras. Marine Corps doing some flying.

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u/StillinICT 11h ago

Marine corps IFR training. ( I follow roads )

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u/GlassBoxGoose Stuck to the Surface 10h ago

Haha I hadnt heard that one before. Putting that in my pocket for later 🤣

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u/Other_Stock_9309 8h ago

First thing my instructor tole me (i fly roads ) Is what you did when you were a VFR pilot,As an IFR pilot something went wrong and you are too low if you are doing that.

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u/jggearhead10 11h ago

HLMA-773 apparently provided the flyover for the Bengals game today

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u/YaBoiCrispoHernandez 12h ago

Marine corps AH-1Z vipers (Apache shaped ones) and UH-1Y venoms (rounder ones). The Venom and Viper almost always fly together as a two-ship this 2 of those two-ships flying together

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u/Gunsh0t 10h ago

You got downvoted but you’re entirely correct

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u/Bolter_NL 12h ago

Looks like two Vipers and probably Hueys in the back. Marines.

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u/MaddingtonBear 11h ago

Were you near kickoff time of a college football game?

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u/Th3_Meat-Man 11h ago

Not sure, there is a college team that it could have been for or a test run for the NFL game today.

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u/Big_Swordfish_5423 8h ago

Training. And there's been times I flew on Blackhawks from Ft Lewis to Yakima or Tri Cities to be brought to a training exercise going on over there, aka, just being transported.

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u/BERNIE484 4h ago

Bengals game flyover

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u/Sleep_on_Fire 3h ago

275 WB just before 471, eh?

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u/RobK64AK 12h ago

Saturday's sometimes entail football games this time of year, and military flyovers during the National Anthem are not uncommon. Also, not uncommon to practice the flyover a day or two prior, to get the timing right. Skids are usually Hueys and Cobras of some kind. Wheels, probably Black Hawks and Apaches. If they appear blue-grey, Marines, dark green-black, Army.