[Scan-DC] Helicopter ID?

[Ed Tobias]

Agree.  Sounds like the Metro Traffic chopper which is small, red (I think), 
and has a video cam mounted somewhere on it.

Ed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JWilliamH at aol.com>
To: <cathy at drzyzgula.org>; <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Helicopter ID?


>
> Hello,
>
> Sounds like you saw "Chopper 2."  Red Robinson R44 based out of  Manassas
> Airport.  They can be heard giving traffic reports on 455.9125  (Metro 
> Networks)
> and they provide footage to CBS 9 on 450.0875.
>
> Jeff in Virginia
>
>
> In a message dated 3/27/2006 11:01:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> cathy at drzyzgula.org writes:
>
> This  morning there was an incident on 355 in Gaitherburg and a bright red
> helicopter hovered over the area for a good while.  It was fairly  small,
> had white lettering on the narrow tail and had a housing  under the main
> rotor that looked like the conning tower of a  submarine or a truncated
> shark fin (my daughter's  description).  Something like on a J2
> gyrocopter.  Any  idea whose helicopter this might be--news station,
> medivac  etc.?
>
>
>
>
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