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dmccarty
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A law enforcement copter flies by us almost every day, twice a day. It is flying the same route each time and I sure do not know why. Being happening for years.
A year or so ago, I heard the copter heading our way, but then it just stayed in place so to speak. I looked at the flight tracking software and it was flying in circles a short distance away. My guess is that there was a traffic stop or some such at that location and the copter was backup. A law enforcement copter will circle if they are trying to find someone or did find them.
dmccarty
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A week or so back we had not one but six Black Hawks in trail fly over us. We will usually see one, maybe two, Black Hawks or an Apache, but I think that was the first time we had seen that many at one time. Looked at the flight tracker and one of them was being shown with some wacky id. Usually they do not show up at all.
We have seen flights of Hueys and Air Cobra's that might have six or so aircraft but that has only happened twice that I can remember and it is very unusual to see one of them much less a large flight. They did not show up on the flight tracker either.
We have seen flights of Hueys and Air Cobra's that might have six or so aircraft but that has only happened twice that I can remember and it is very unusual to see one of them much less a large flight. They did not show up on the flight tracker either.
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There's a lot of stuff out there today. We had a Navy Poseidon come over from the east coast, do 4-5 approaches at our airport, head back east, make some approaches at another airport, then finally head home.
There are a bunch of trainers over Texas today, and a balloon, too.
There are a bunch of trainers over Texas today, and a balloon, too.
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There was a homicide over the state line and seems there might be a possibility the person of interest may have come south. So maybe the helicopter was police. Activity like this is very rare. Growing up it would be police looking for pot growers in corn fields.
ning
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Sorry it's jerky, long zoom and stabilization was jumpy
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Nice!
RobertN
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Looks like a U2 out of Beale AFB
ning
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Yep
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Air show or lost?
Airshow!
Airshow!
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Many many years ago when my BIL was learning to fly (152, 172 Cessnas) they were taught to circle a towns water tower and read its name to help if they got lost.
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Nice!
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The story to go with the helicopter that day.
Police Seek Man ‘Believed To Be Armed And Dangerous’
The Jamestown Police Department is seeking a man described as potentially being “armed and dangerous” following an early morning incident. In a short news release, JPD said it is looking to speak with Michael C. Burham. He is believed to be in the Jamestown or Warren, Pa., areas. The department...
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Sheffield Couple ‘Kidnapped At Gunpoint’ By Burham
A man wanted in connection with a homicide investigation in Chautauqua County has been charged with kidnapping in Warren County. Michael C. Burham, 34, Ashville, NY, was charged by Pennsylvania State Police on Sunday through District Judge Raymond Zydonik’s office. The charges stem from an...
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Burham Captured In South Carolina
Michael Burham, the man suspected of killing Kala Hodgkin of Jamestown, was in custody on Wednesday after a large manhunt in South Carolina. WCBD-TV reported he was nabbed in Berkeley County a day after a sighting was reported near Awendaw in Charleston County, S.C. On Wednesday afternoon, the...
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Yikes!
orezok
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Here’s an unusual “convoy” of 6 Airbus helicopters.
dmccarty
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I wish I had read this link a few days ago since it is showing military aircraft....
Yesterday, I heard a different sounding aircraft approaching the house. It was low and on an unusual heading. I ran outside to see the plane and it was a C-130 that was very low. Almost tree top height. I think there was three of them in train. I heard them heading toward us, and the first one went over the house before I started moving, the second one was out of sight behind the trees but I could clearly hear it, and I could see the third one.
Ran back inside and they were not showing up on the flight tracking website which was not a surprise since military aircraft seldom are shown.
Never seen three C-130's at once, much less flying that low. I don't think they were AC-130's but I only had seconds to see them. I figured they were C-130s but after looking at some photos, the paint scheme makes me wonder if they were MC-130s. The MC-130 has a distinctive nose but I did not have time to noticed the nose. MC-130s flying that low makes more sense than C-130s or AC-130s
