Helicopter

mr. tips

WTF is up with this helicopter(s) over our neighborhood? All day today and even still @ 9PM?

It’s annoying and scary at the same time!!!

doctorj

Subject: Re: Helicopter

Mr. Tips wrote: WTF is up with this helicopter(s) over our neighborhood? All day today and even still @ 9PM?

It’s annoying and scary at the same time!!!

The helicopters are like flies. That would make Prospect Heights a giant corpse. Scratch that thought.

che

I think part of it is that we (or part of PH anyway) are right under the flight path of the new (this year) commercial helicopter transports from JFK to Manhattan. They're those blue ones, I think. Other helicopters hover, but these have started zipping over, very loudly, all day long.

neene

i think that helicopter is looking for someone

talked to a foot patrol cop tonight and all he would say is: "sometimes it's easier to see things from above"

there have been a rash of shootings on franklin this week
it shouldn't raise eyebrows that there might be a helicopter circling the area though it's interesting that it is concentrating west not east

honestly, i think anyone that is wondering about this should call the precinct and ask about it. there has definitely been an increase in "activity" lately and if there is no community outcry there's not likely to be much of a police response either

check out the crown heights forum if you need further info

oneasternparkway

But was that even an NYPD copter yesterday? The one to which most here are referring was fairly generic, with no markings, and had a large camera or other imagery equipment pod on the front. Does the NYPD have unmarked helicopters?

brookfetish

Twice this weekend, I saw groups of military helicopters flying low over the neighborhood.

I didn't like that.

homeowner

Wasn't just over the neighborhood. I was in the car on 4th Ave on the way to Red Hook when I saw three come over the bay and head towards central Brooklyn. We were hypothisizing that they had something to do with security for the UN, perhaps ferrying people in from the airport to the city?

That is different from the helecopter out yesterday that seemed to hang over PH/CH for about an hour in the middle of the day. Don't know what they were doing.

mr. tips

BrookFetish wrote: Twice this weekend, I saw groups of military helicopters flying low over the neighborhood.

I didn't like that.

Yup - thats what I saw too.

doctorj

Mr. Tips wrote: [quote=BrookFetish]Twice this weekend, I saw groups of military helicopters flying low over the neighborhood.

I didn't like that.

Yup - thats what I saw too.

If you also see folks with shoulder-launched SAMs trying to take them out, be sure to let us all know, mkay?

sweet tea

doctorj wrote: [quote=Mr. Tips][quote=BrookFetish]Twice this weekend, I saw groups of military helicopters flying low over the neighborhood.

I didn't like that.

Yup - thats what I saw too.

If you also see folks with shoulder-launched SAMs trying to take them out, be sure to let us all know, mkay?

but not if you think it's scary. that'd be fear mongering.

che

BrookFetish wrote: Twice this weekend, I saw groups of military helicopters flying low over the neighborhood.

The ones I saw--three green 'banana' helicopters in a group sure looked like transport helicopters to me. In DC when they fly dignitaries around, it's typically in a group of 3 transport helicopters like that. Bush, et al. are in town at the UN this week, right? Not an expert--just, that's what I figured it was.

stacey

Its probably because of the UN Sumit

kosherdave

Mr. Tips wrote: [quote=BrookFetish]Twice this weekend, I saw groups of military helicopters flying low over the neighborhood.

I didn't like that.

Yup - thats what I saw too.

Me too, oh wait, I was with you, sorry Brook!

kosherdave

doctorj wrote:
If you also see folks with shoulder-launched SAMs trying to take them out, be sure to let us all know, mkay?

I've actually seen a helicoptor fire Air-to-Ground missles at a building before. NOT HERE mind you, but when I lived in Israel. THAT was some scary shit.

alafairnadia

kosherdave wrote: [quote=doctorj]
If you also see folks with shoulder-launched SAMs trying to take them out, be sure to let us all know, mkay?

I've actually seen a helicoptor fire Air-to-Ground missles at a building before. NOT HERE mind you, but when I lived in Israel. THAT was some scary shit.

And didn't the Philadelphia police dept fire bomb a certain building from a helicopter?

detem

Yes, back in 1985, the Philly cops bombed the communal residence of MOVE, a radical group, after failing to serve some arrest warrants: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE

teddyballgame

yeah Philadelphia Fire, the John Edgar Wideman book about that incident, is pretty awesome, albeit dense and pretty difficult to get through.

emily

alafairnadia wrote: And didn't the Philadelphia police dept fire bomb a certain building from a helicopter?

I remember MOVE really vividly, since I grew up outside the city. The first charity drive that I remember wasn't for victims of a natural disaster--it was bringing canned food and household goods to school for the people whose houses had been burned to the ground.

I found this 1985 NYT article sort of interesting, even though it's badly scanned.

ana.log

CHE wrote: I think part of it is that we (or part of PH anyway) are right under the flight path of the new (this year) commercial helicopter transports from JFK to Manhattan. They're those blue ones, I think. Other helicopters hover, but these have started zipping over, very loudly, all day long.

Is it just me, or does there seem to be a lot more air traffic (commercial jet) over the neighborhood in general lately? I never noticed that we seem to be directly under a flight path until earlier this year when I kept hearing jets soaring over my building every ten minutes one night. Maybe I just became more aware of it suddenly, but I had never really noticed in the 2-1/2 years prior. Now, I notice them all the time - from the park, the street, etc.

steveo

In March 2003, right before the Iraq War started, I observed the following in Park Slope:

http://www.panix.com/~steveo/helicopters/

It was very unsettling, especially with all the tension about the war.

Turns out it was in honor of a fallen cop. I hope when I die I will be commemorated by burning thousands of gallons of helicopter fuel.

(The church is the Catholic church on 6th and Carroll.)

drano

steveo wrote: In March 2003, right before the Iraq War started, I observed the following in Park Slope:

http://www.panix.com/~steveo/helicopters/

It was very unsettling, especially with all the tension about the war.

Turns out it was in honor of a fallen cop. I hope when I die I will be commemorated by burning thousands of gallons of helicopter fuel.

(The church is the Catholic church on 6th and Carroll.)

Shouldn't be a problem. Just make the arrangements in advance so that your last wishes will not be a burden to those who survive you. I mean, you want them thinking, "That Stevo was one hell of a guy!" and not, "Those fucking helicopters were a pain in the ass to round up. What a tool!"

steveo

Drano wrote: [quote=steveo] I hope when I die I will be commemorated by burning thousands of gallons of helicopter fuel.

Shouldn't be a problem. Just make the arrangements in advance so that your last wishes will not be a burden to those who survive you. I mean, you want them thinking, "That Stevo was one hell of a guy!" and not, "Those fucking helicopters were a pain in the ass to round up. What a tool!"
Make arrangements? Heck no. I want the taxpayers to foot the entire fareeking bill.

doctorj

steveo wrote:
Make arrangements? Heck no. I want the taxpayers to foot the entire fareeking bill.

Sounds like martyrdom could be the perfect career for you. Just make sure you keep it to fuel and infrastructure and away from civilians, otherwise it's less cool.

steveo

doctorj wrote: [quote=steveo]
Make arrangements? Heck no. I want the taxpayers to foot the entire fareeking bill.

Sounds like martyrdom could be the perfect career for you. Just make sure you keep it to fuel and infrastructure and away from civilians, otherwise it's less cool.
Good plan. I should be ready to do it about 110 years from now. Remind me then.