[Scan-DC] Helicopter ID?

[John Bacon]

Sounds like Westwood One Has good presence there too. In Massachusetts we
have 1 Chopper and 2 Planes. And a few other TV stations that have aircraft
owned by TV station but use Westwood One. And if you ever see the operations
center in the background on TV it is very different in person. 

JOHN

-----Original Message-----
From: Kurt Brooks [mailto:2gigch1 at adelphia.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:45 PM
To: Scan-DC
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Helicopter ID?

Yes that is it - the only R44 newschopper in DC. For trivia buffs  
it's the former WBAL helicopter before they upgraded to a Bell Jet  
before they upgraded to an A-Star....

Indeed A-Stars are the news chopper of choice in the Baltimore  
Washington area, WRC, WTTG, WBAL and WJZ operate A-Stars; WUSA co-ops  
the Robinson and WBOC Salisbury even operates a Bell LongRanger!

WRC leases their helicopter from HTS based in Baltimore; WTTG and WJZ  
lease from Helinet, and WBOC and WBAL lease from US Helicopters. WUSA  
works with Metro Traffic....

Enough! Brain hurts!



On Mar 27, 2006, at 3:36 PM, JWilliamH at aol.com wrote:

>
> 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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