Major major update to CopterSpotter.com from @samuelrees.bsky.social today and now you can listen to DCA radio filtered by helicopter-specific terminology!
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Two fighter jet flyovers scheduled over the White House this week - one at 5pm today and another at noon tomorrow. These are incredibly loud and, if you aren't expecting them, frightening.
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Great piece by @alanhenney.bsky.social “The Air Force has activated a second helicopter squadron at Joint Base Andrews, beginning a gradual transition from the familiar Bell UH-1N Twin Huey to the larger and more modern Lockheed Martin Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II.”
Jolly Green II helicopters to join familiar Hueys over Washington, DC
A new squadron at Joint Base Andrews will help carry out the region’s crisis-response mission while transitioning from Hueys to HH-60W helicopters.
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We’re looking forward to your spots and images of the helicopters in town for July 4th on copterspotter.com ! Flyovers are scheduled all day and into the night, see the special notice downtown on the link above for the full flyover schedule.
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The North American Aerospace Detense Command (NORAD) will conduct routine live-fly exercises over the National Capital Region between June 30 and July 2 from midnight to 5:30 a.m. Expect low flying aircraft, loud noises. - editorial note: if this is “Falcon Virgo” most people don’t notice…
🚨 The US Military has notified the District of Columbia that it will conduct aircraft flyovers near the National Mall from June 24 to July 10 as a part of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations. While there may be an increase in air traffic noise, there is no cause for alarm. evbg.co/6aqy49
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youtube.com/post/Ugkxs91... #PB #USD Trump’s ugly ass UFC lighting rig is not only an insult to July4, it is a danger to aviation. Pilots flying into DCA have been blinded by lasers and other high intensity lights. I checked NOTAMS issued by FAA, no light danger was listed. Tragedy in the making
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BREAKING: A pilot has filed safety reports tonight after being nearly blinded by Trump’s UFC structure while flying into D.C. This is the same airspace still...
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🚨 The US Military will conduct an Aircraft Flyover in the NCR over the Lincoln Memorial Thursday, June 11, at approximately 11AM. For more info evbg.co/iui2xr .
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F-16 activity from May 19th www.dvidshub.net/news/565668/...
NORAD INTERCEPTS AIRCRAFT VIOLATING RESTRICTED AIRSPACE OVER NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) F-16 fighter aircraft from the Continental U.S. NORAD Region (CONR) intercepted a general aviation aircraft that violated the restricted airspace over ...
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FAA details first official response to D.C. crash safety recommendations theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf... (via @willguisbond.com) #staycurrent
FAA details first official response to D.C. crash safety recommendations
Correspondence provides glimpse into how the FAA will implement NTSB recommendations from January 2025 midair collision
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U.S. Park Police helicopter N11PP has been circling over the Washington Hilton area after reports of shots or loud bangs during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where POTUS was speaking. Trump was evacuated and reported uninjured. We’re tracking the flight activity on CopterSpotter.com
A Fairfax County Police helicopter circled over Ballston around 2pm, reporting a ‘special mission’ on the radio. Anyone know what that’s about, or heard that language before? Check it out on copterspotter.com
The collision avoidance tool that could help prevent the next midair disaster theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf... (via @willguisbond.com)
The collision avoidance tool that could help prevent the next midair disaster
Breaking down ACAS X as Congress considers competing ROTOR and ALERT bills
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Anyone know what Maryland State Police was up to circling over Rockville around 4am this morning?
1/ Potomac TRACON — the radar facility that sequences all flights in and out of D.C. airspace — was evacuated tonight due to a strong smell, triggering ground stops at DCA, IAD, BWI, CHO, and RIC around 7 p.m. ET. Second evacuation in two weeks.
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US FAA probes close call between United jet, Army helicopter in California
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a close call between a United Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter in California, the agency said on Thursday, in the latest incident between a passenger jet and a military aircraft.
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We've been heads-down building for a while: dark mode, heatmaps, circling helicopter detection, installable as an app, and more. Here's a catch-up on what's new on CopterSpotter.com 🧵
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If you got caught up in the Epstein files and America’s latest foreign war you might have missed the Pentagon’s threats to a private company for not providing technology to make autonomous death robots and tools to surveil U.S. citizens. #ImWithClaude
Airlift at Georgetown Hospital this morning - 8am
Unfortunate I told the Congressman’s Chief of Staff that military misuse of ADS-B was a problem on April 28, 2023 @militarytimes.bsky.social @defenseone.bsky.social @twz.com
Congressman Don Beyer@beyer.house.gov · 9mo agoI support the strength and urgency of the calls for ADS-B implementation in the ROTOR Act, which the National Transportation Safety Board has been clear could have given the pilots on the night of the tragic DCA collision a greater chance to avoid the collision. I will be voting YES.
Instead they waited until families flew in to honor their loved ones to break their hearts as they looked on today from the House Gallery. Johnson engineered this defeat, voted against the bill, and closed the vote as Members were still voting – needlessly underhanded and disgraceful behavior.
Mike Johnson and his leadership team should be ashamed of the way they treated the families of the victims of last year's tragic air collision. The ROTOR Act passed unanimously in the Senate, the DOD and Speaker Johnson had lots of time to raise issues constructively.
[AlertDC] The U.S. Military will conduct an Aircraft Flyover in the NCR over Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday, February ... evb.gg/n#5zgrre6xbk3
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