about 11helicopters over my house,most were white w/2 red stripes,some were orange&blue(2 small planes also)they were all headed in the same direction.what could this be about?
2006-12-18 08:59:19 · 13 answers · asked by L.T. 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
A large number of aircraft flying in the same area are most likely on a training exercise of some sort. It is rare to use a large number of aircraft for a public emergency. If there is no news coverage, it must not be newsworthy, so it's probably an exercise.
2006-12-18 10:48:29 · answer #1 · answered by modesto_jim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe Tiger Woods is playing at a local golf course. Since these helicopters are not painted in military colors, it isn't a military movement (one explanation of mass numbers). Helicopter maintenance is very expensive, many times helicopters are moved by flatbed trailers for delivery. Perhaps a movie is being filmed or it could be an airshow somewhere. In any event, that much aluminum in the sky would require government approval.
2006-12-19 08:07:52 · answer #2 · answered by mojonah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could have been a holding point for an instrument approach to a local airport, which means that every incoming aircraft is going to fly a racetrack pattern in order to space it from other traffic, but this is not always required, and ATC probably allows planes to skip that hold when there is no other traffic.
2006-12-18 23:30:29 · answer #3 · answered by Doggzilla 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
US Coast guard helicopters are white with red diagonal stripes or red with white diagonal stripes. Type US coast guard helicopters in your search bar and select Images and see if that is what you saw.
2006-12-18 19:22:37 · answer #4 · answered by eferrell01 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red and white striped helicopters are usually life-flight. so there has probably been an accident.
2006-12-18 17:03:52 · answer #5 · answered by featheredminx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chances are it was a huge accident. Sounds like a few police helicopters and some medivac copters.
2006-12-18 18:44:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would help a LOT if you mentioned where you were. City and state would be extremely helpful!
2006-12-18 18:07:55 · answer #7 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn on your local FOX TV channel. You might be on COPS.
2006-12-18 17:53:40 · answer #8 · answered by t. B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
might have been firefighting helicopters... either heading to,or back from an area they were operating
2006-12-18 17:19:52 · answer #9 · answered by Timothy B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call up a local news channel and see if they know anything.
2006-12-18 17:01:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋