Helicopters!!

May or may not be OT.

The helicopter in the images below came over my land just to one side of the house and at the same height as the rooftop. All my animals were terrified.
It just cleared the power lines and landed in a field opposite the Ullinish Lodge Hotel at the top of my access track only 25ft from the public road and less than 150 feet from the hotel.

The passengers appear to be staying at the hotel and the copter is there for the night. The woman in the 100% crop at the bottom was a passenger. Anyone recognise her? She seems to be trying to hide her identity (70-200 VR at 200mm) as the walked past the end of my land.

As far as I can read in the CAA rules of the air they have broken the rules on low flying and proximity to building, people and vehicles. Does anyone know if I am reading it right? I'm thinking of making a complaint to the CAA on Monday to try and make sure this doesn't become a habit.

 

I will on Monday. I already left a message on their voicemail.

I also discovered that airport-data.com didn't have a shot of this aircraft. They do now evil:

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/080101.html

Here is another more aethetic shot

 

Yes after studying the rules of the air it seems they almost *can* do anything they want. Normally there is a 500ft rule meaning they cannot fly within 500ft of any structure, person or vehicle. However they are exempt from this when taking off and landing. I guess the question is how far from the landing site can you be considered to be landing?

Anyway this is a bit OT for the forum. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. I was ready and waiting with the camera as he took off to see if I could get some rivet counter pictures as it came over. Fortunately he took the clear path to exit which he should have taken when he arrived.

The helicopter turns out to belong to George Tracey, an Irish businessman who runs a motorsport team in his spare time.