Spotted this AgustaWestland Apache (AH-64D) attack helicopter (British Army Air Corps variant) making it's way across a small area of London, UK on the 28th March 2017, and amazingly, it just so happened that the pilot or it's co-pilot managed to spot myself, and accordingly, the pilot went to expertly perform a couple of fairly large circles around my position, allowing me to capture this awesome 4K footage of this incredible flying machine, which is, as I'm sure most of you know, is worth an mind-blowing £35 million, and somewhat rare to spot flying around in the United Kingdom, and the rest of the world.

Some juicy (and nerdy) specs of this combat attack helicopter can be found below:

Never exceed speed: 365 km/h (197 knots, 227 mph)
Maximum speed: 293 km/h (158 knots, 182 mph)
Cruise speed: 259 km/h (140 knots, 161 mph)
Range: 537 km (290 nmi,[120] 334 mi)
Ferry range: 1,700 km (974 nmi, 1,121 mi)
Service ceiling: 6,400 m (21,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 12.7 m/s (2,500 ft/min)

Armament

Guns: M230 Chain Gun, 1200 rounds
Missiles: Hellfire (and Stinger, Starstreak, Sidewinder/Sidearm[citation needed], Brimstone[121] proposed)
Rockets: CRV7 with Flechette (Tungsten dart) or High-Explosive Incendiary Semi-Armour Piercing (HEISAP) warheads. Until 2008 also MPSM with nine M-73 bomblets.

More in-depth information about the AugustWestland Apache combat attack helicopter can be found at the link below:

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