A POLICE helicopter has denied that it deliberately drew a penis in the sky with its flight path.
Gordon Bird, 53-year-old dad from , discovered the helicopter’s rude route on an online flight tracker after the aircraft woke his toddler daughter at 11pm on Monday.
The helicopter’s X-rated flight spent 20 minutes buzzing above his home late at night
But the helicopter service has denied accusations that the phallic flight was intentional.
The helicopter appeared to have drawn the outline above Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire before looping over Mr Bird’s home near Fleet.
Police bosses insist their officers were simply hunting for a vehicle that had failed to stop.
Mr Bird, of Ancells Farm, said he was “shocked” when he checked the flight’s path online and discovered it was in the shape of a penis.
He added: “The actual buzzing around our estate lasted for 15 or 20 minutes.
“The actual drawing of the phallus took about half an hour, and the overall flight, as per flight radar type websites, show it as being an hour.”
Other residents say the chopper circled low for several minutes and caused a disturbance.
The helicopter eventually headed back to its base at Redhill, Surrey.
Mr Bird said passing choppers make his house vibrate and windows rattle.
But he added: “I’m not angry, I am upset at the waste of resources.”
The National Police Air Service insisted there was nothing deliberate about the cheeky flight path.
Bosses said the crew had been checking roads and junctions identified by officers on the ground.
They explained that police helicopters do not follow predetermined routes because their missions are constantly changing.
In an email to Mr Bird, they acknowledged his frustration at his daughter’s being disturbed.
They also admitted it was “unfortunate that the flight path shown on public tracking apps resembles a particular shape”.
But they insisted: “The flight was conducted for a legitimate policing purpose, in support of Thames Valley Police.”
A spokesman for NPAS added: “Flights do not follow defined or predetermined flight plans as they, by their very nature, are dynamic and respond to ever changing, and unpredictable, circumstances on the ground.”
