[Scan-DC] Helicopter ID?

[Kurt Brooks]

Yes, there is a privately owned media rigged yellow R44 based at  
Martin State Airport
in Baltimore County. Known as "Tweety Bird" it was brought to town by  
it's owner when
WJZ and WBAL got in the chopper business. The owner thought the other  
stations would
be clamoring for his freelance tv news video; sadly they didn't. It  
flies occasionally for
odd video shoots last I heard....

Kurt Brooks

On Mar 30, 2006, at 12:56 PM, dehm wrote:

> I believe I saw one of these flying into DC along Canal Road a while
> back. I think it was yellow in color...
>
> jay
>
> On 3/28/06, Kurt Brooks <2gigch1 at adelphia.net> wrote:
>> 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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