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Air Traffic Monitoring => Aviation Audio Clips => Topic started by: stewflyer on March 07, 2008, 11:25:12 AM

Title: Helicopter ATC
Post by: stewflyer on March 07, 2008, 11:25:12 AM

Where is the best to here a bunch of helicopter pilots?  I need to pick up on it thanx

Title: Re: Helicopter ATC
Post by: moto400ex on March 07, 2008, 02:33:23 PM

JFK tower feed has some police helicopter traffic and a few others.

Title: Re: Helicopter ATC
Post by: NY Z Pilot on March 07, 2008, 09:50:09 PM

if they ever get the RDU tower feed up we have plenty. NC Guard, as well as SKY5, Chopper 11 and all the GA choppers.

Title: Re: Helicopter ATC
Post by: englishpilot on March 08, 2008, 08:23:12 PM

Lexington, Kentucky has a lot of medical helicopters and military blackhawks.

Title: Re: Helicopter ATC
Post by: tyketto on March 09, 2008, 01:59:19 AM

And Las Vegas has tons of helicopter traffic happening at all times. Police helos, medevacs going to the hospitals in the area, various Strip tours, helo runs out to the Grand Canyon, etc. In fact, there are published departures and arrivals for those tours.

Most of the time they are on Tower's helicopter control freq on 123.82, but at times they may be combined with the two tower freqs of 118.75 and 119.9.

BL.

Title: Re: Helicopter ATC
Post by: WhatAirspace on March 11, 2008, 01:22:55 AM

Check out the KPRC tower in Arizona.  Anybody with a "guidance" callsign is a helicopter from a big school here.  They're pretty constant, though not quite as much as the riddle planes.  The little buggers can mess up the pattern a bit, but it's good to change it up a bit I guess.

Title: Re: Helicopter ATC
Post by: SweedChef on March 11, 2008, 09:57:23 AM

Boston Tower has a few, ususally hear "TV" for the television news helis and "BZ" for the news radio copter. Mainly during the noon and evening broadcasts. Some police activity too.

Title: Re: Helicopter ATC
Post by: bcrosby on March 12, 2008, 01:30:23 PM

Buttonville has a lot of helicopter traffic. Having two pads, plus a helicopter flight school.

Some callsigns you might hear:

CTV1. Local TV Station
Air2. Provincial Police
Canadian 79* (799 and 798) Ambulance helicopters