*A South African Rooivalk attack helicopter unusually painted white (for UN duty) as opposed to the normal brown and green camouflage colouring."
About four years ago I was living in a third floor apartment in my beachside home village of Muizenberg. One afternoon I happened to be busy in my bedroom which had a large glass sliding doors & windows configuration providing a view towards the beach and the further extending bay called False Bay.
All of a sudden all the glass panes rattled as though I was at a music concert back in my younger years, then the building literally shook followed by a loud roar coming by level with the open view of my bedroom.
A few seconds later a continuous rat a tat a tat, boom boom blasted for a few continuous minutes. (Not even my irritating neighbour in those days played such crap music through the night,)
Within the first second of this all happening a deeply buried, trained, instinct/ disturbance from the bush war 26 years earlier had smashed a split second awakening from those hidden inside depths and I went flying to the floor with laundry in my hands sprawling in every direction.
After a few seconds all I could think was what the fuck you mudderfokkers, we are not at war in my beachside village. If I had wings on my back then I would fly up and give you a bullocksing in language that you would never want your Mother in Law to hear!
The rat a tat boom ended up being large calibre repetitive weapon fire etc,
A couple of hours later I found out that the dam defence force was planning to do a live public display at the beach in a few days time and that they would be practising for it over the following couple of days.
After getting through the first few runs I decided.... "right you mudders, I am going to try shoot you down with my camera in my amateur pottography way (someone that potters with a camera.....a word brilliantly invented by @dreemsteem here on hive) ."
These were a few of the photo results
There is no glory in war.
Those that find enjoyment in war have never been to war.
*All photos used were taken by myself.