[Scan-DC] Odd visuals today

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Sat, 17 Apr 2004 03:56:26 -0400


Sounds like MedStar, mostly yellow with blue.  Tail rotor is enclosed.  They have one based at Frederick Airport.

Jeff

> Interesting... awhile ago, maybe around 6, a couple of us saw a yellow 
> 'copter flying maybe SW over the back end of Montgomery Village in 
> Gaithersburg - same model (appearance) as the MSP "Troopers" - are those 
> Eurocopters?  (Actually, I guess they're called "Dauphines", right?  I'm no 
> good at all with aircraft types and names!)  Not the same engine tho, by the 
> sound - seems to me I saw somewhere that the engines in the MSP birds are 
> unique to them... at any rate, not sure who the one we saw 
> was - too far 
> away to see the reg number.