[Scan-DC] Anybody hear this? ;-)

Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:32:33 -0500

I know why SkyFox (News 5 helicopter as you call it) has been flying around
over G-burg the past few days.  The past two days straight it has hovered
directly above my house (and boy do I mean directly!).  When it did this, I
simply flipped my scanner to 161.730 MHz.  This is the frequency SkyFox uses
to talk with the producers at the news desk.  Anyway, both days they were
taking live shots of kids sled riding at the hill at Racheal Carson
Elementary School.  They do this because right before they go to commercial
break, they like to show "teasers", and during big storms like ours, most
"teasers" are kids sled riding or snow boarding.

Anyway, to answer your question about I270, the second day the helicopter
was over my house, when it was finished, the pilot was instructed to fly
over southbound 270 to investigate a collision.

73,
Bill (KB3ITA)

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Cathy Drzyzgula
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 7:20 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Anybody hear this? ;-)

I didn't hear it but the F-15 went right over my house (as they always seem
to).  Thanks to the tips from Justin I am beginning to learn to identify
the fighters.  The other thing I figured out that helps me is that the F-15
have  wings about 2/3rd as wide as the nose to tail distance, whereas the
F-14 wings are almost the same proportion as the nose-to-tail.  If you know
your planes, this is probably obvious, but might be helpful for a beginner
like me.

The news 5 helicopter has been over I270 for most of yesterday and today.

Cathy
At 01:37 PM 2/20/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >From http://www.dcrtv.com (But I don't see it on the CNN site...)
>
>Chopper Intercepted By F-15 - 2/19 - CNN reports: "An unresponsive news
>helicopter in the restricted airspace around the nation's capital prompted
>a security scramble Wednesday by an Air Force F-15 and a US Customs Black
>Hawk helicopter, which intercepted the chopper over suburban Maryland. The
>helicopter - owned by local TV station WRC - was flying over the
>traffic-clogged Interstate 270 in suburban Maryland north of Washington
>and failed to respond to queries by radio from military crews patrolling
>the area, according Air Force Gen. John Jumper. Jumper, who is the Air
>Force chief of staff, and Secretary Of The Air Force James Roche were
>taking questions on a live radio call-in show when two drivers on cell
>phones called to report seeing the unusual movements of aircraft. Air
>Force officials said he North American Aerospace Command scrambled the
>F-15 and Customs helicopter. The traffic helicopter was identified and
>found to pose no threat to the region. As part of the stepped-up combat
>air patrols over Washington, Air Force fighters patrol at high altitudes,
>rapidly covering a large territory, while the US Customs helicopters
>patrol closer to the ground and at slower speeds".....
>
>Kurt!
>
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