Who's in the helicopter? (Truckstop Reunion)

Ziola · Post by **Ziola** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:01 pm

Personally, I'm hoping for the Order

trainer101 · Post by **trainer101** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:26 pm

I'm pretty sure that Brother and Tachyon would only use a helicopter in an 'emergency'. It would be too easy to track them down if it was their primary means of travel - so, I suspect the Order has taken to the air again.

Luminous · Post by **Luminous** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:06 am

Who ever it is must have one heck of an operations budget

Gidget · Post by **Gidget** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:53 am

I don't know guys, I have a hard time buying that the order is flying helicopters around following 3 kids in the desert. You need licenses and permits and stuff to do that. I know that order has a lot of resources, but that just seems dumb and risky. Its not like the order has a hard time finding them anyway...they film everything they do...

Killthesmiley · Post by **Killthesmiley** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:46 am

I think it's brother.
We now he has a helicopter, and we know he's supposed to be watching over them. So it's a likely answer.

joygasm · Post by **joygasm** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:11 am

Gidget wrote:I don't know guys, I have a hard time buying that the order is flying helicopters around following 3 kids in the desert. You need licenses and permits and stuff to do that. I know that order has a lot of resources, but that just seems dumb and risky. Its not like the order has a hard time finding them anyway...they film everything they do...

I don't think it would be difficult for them at all. The Order and the trio have already pointed out that there are people in high places associated with the order. I am sure at least one, if not more, could very well have the licenses and permits needed to fly a helicopter around.

I think it would be easy for them to get away with... but I still home its brother and tach.

longlostposter · Post by **longlostposter** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:17 am

All the Order would really need is one high-ranking military officer to follow them around with a helicopter. Does anyone else think they look like military helicopters?

Sami · Post by **Sami** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:39 am

Gidget wrote: You need licenses and permits and stuff to do that.

The Order are powerful. They do whatever they want ; )

chershaytoute · Post by **chershaytoute** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:09 am

Ziola wrote:Personally, I'm hoping for the Order

Z, darlin', you are always hopin' for the Order! That's why we loves you so! <beaming grin>

freakish · Post by **freakish** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:12 am

actually you guys, that was just me in the helicopter. i got really anxious for the next video and couldnt wait a second longer.

Languorous Lass · Post by **Languorous Lass** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:06 pm

RoseCrowley wrote:Same looking helicopter from previous vids i think...

That's probably because the creators are using stock footage of helicopters. They aren't really going to hire a helicopter (and a pilot) just to insert a two-second shot of one in the air.

Sami wrote:raigne good thinking. Driving a car isn't Tachyon's style!

I didn't think of that, but I love it! I can see it now: Tachy's helicopter, piloted by Brother, hovers over the truck stop. We see a rope ladder lowered down, and then a pair of legs appears out of the side of the copter. It's Bree! She waves back at Tachy in the copter door as she climbs briskly and nonchalantly down several hundred feet to the desert floor. Tachy tosses the flannel shirt down after her, calling, "Don't forget this!" Bree picks the shirt up, puts it on, and ties it around her waist as the helicopter roars off (rope ladder still dangling, but Tachy slowly cranking it back in).

bonesaw · Post by **bonesaw** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:31 pm

longlostposter wrote:Does anyone else think they look like military helicopters?

Not I. Looks like a Bell 407.

cittiecait · Post by **cittiecait** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:44 pm

if your going the bell root i'd say closer to a bell 210!!!

bonesaw · Post by **bonesaw** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:59 pm

cittiecait wrote:if your going the bell root i'd say closer to a bell 210!!!

Nope, at first I thought it could possibly be a Huey (UH-1 is the mil version of the 204/205/210/211/212) when llp mentioned military helicopters, but the vertical fin is wrong for that. The V-fin on the UH-1 and and the 210 it is completely above the boom. On the one in the video, it does drop below the boom, just as it does on a 206 (2 blades)/407(4-blades). Back to the military part: The 206/407 is the same airframe that the OH-58/AH-58 is built from, but the H-58s have mast mounted cameras, which the one in the video is clearly lacking.

I'd say the one in the video is most likely a 206, since they are used a lot for news/traffic reporting which was what the chopper they actually filmed was probably being used for. (I know, I originally said 407, but the one in the vid appears to only have 2 blades)

EDIT: Back on topic though, I vote for Brother/Tachy since A) Brother has a chopper and B) It appears in the video after (I'm assuming) Jonas/DB drive past the truck stop. ie; they see it leaving the truck stop after it dropped off Bree.

But, ironically, the "O" in OH-58 is for "Observation" and they are on the run from the Order and its watchers.

Hmmm . . .

Edited yet again to add more useless info

chershaytoute · Post by **chershaytoute** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:32 pm