Brokenrecord From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 772 posts, RR: 0 Posted (7 years 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 2381 times:
I'm listening to Kennedy tower, and there are now like 3 NYPD helicopters flying around the area. Is this normal?
BigOrange From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 2358 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (7 years 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 2309 times:
They are based at Floyd Bennet Field which is within JFK Airspace. It's probably shift change time!
Brokenrecord From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 772 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (7 years 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 2270 times:
Oh gotcha. I thought there was like an incident at the airport or something. Thanks!
Mir From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 19815 posts, RR: 56 Reply 3, posted (7 years 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 2166 times:
They call in to JFK tower when they're in the air, by virtue of generally needing to transit through the New York Class B. They then get handed off to LGA tower if they're heading north, or to nobody in particular if they're heading further west. When they're returning to Floyd Bennet (which is pretty much directly under the VOR approach to 13L and 13R), they'll call the tower again. Three of them on the frequency at once is uncommon, but not at all unheard of.
-Mir
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Mikephotos From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 2923 posts, RR: 56 Reply 4, posted (7 years 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 2081 times:
As mentioned, 3 of 'em up at the same time is not so common unless there is a training sesson or another drowning incident (we've had a few already this year) on the Rockaways.
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