Helicopter Noise - Does it bother anyone else?
In the past month, I’ve been awakened by helicopters many times between 6-8AM, and hear them buzzing all the time. Wrote CB6 and found out that: Helicopters flying below 1500-feet are not in regulated FAA airspace. They fly by what are called “visual flight rules” which relies on the judgement of the individual pilot. The…
In the past month, I’ve been awakened by helicopters many times between 6-8AM, and hear them buzzing all the time. Wrote CB6 and found out that:
Helicopters flying below 1500-feet are not in regulated FAA airspace. They fly by what are called “visual flight rules” which relies on the judgement of the individual pilot. The helicopters are subject to FAA regulation in terms of inspections of equipment, etc. but there are no rules that establish formal flight paths or govern local impacts. When I called 311, I was referred to the EDC (?????) and was told the heavy traffic was probably private beach going helicopters. I think lack of regulation is even worse than the noise, and would like to gather people who are interested in having helicopters regulated when flying over residential areas.
We have actually started a website with a petition, and information regarding this problem. http://www.helifreenyc.org
–Jake
These are 2 quick questions?
1. Is their much criminal activity in your area lately? These helicopters might be chasing down the bad guys.
2. Do you have problems sleeping and you’re just blaming it on these helicopters? Maybe you need some type of sleep medication.
I grew up around a heliport in Los Angeles, CA owned by http://www.helinet.com. I’ve gotten so used to it in my childhood I don’t hear it unless I’m flying in one. Of course my wife says that I’m deaf when I don’t hear the children yelling at each other but that’s a different topic.
you know….
if a helicopter is repeatedly flouting the rules, my instinct is there is a way to report them to the FAA.
Further, they might even care.
You normally sleep past 6? I am jealous. I need to get your job.
I live next to New York Harbor and the East River and often have helicopter traffic buzzing over my head all day. They are supposed to fly over the water when possible but they more often do not. It annoys me to no end when I sit out on my deck and cannot have a conversation because the helicopter traffic is too loud. I would be interested in doing what ever it takes to get helicopter pilots to follow these rules and fly over the water. The DHL helicopter, which is easy to spot, flies over my house several times a day, flagrantly ignoring the fly over water rule.
Steve@8:08 I agree completely, I hate those people on the loud bikes making as loud as possible. I can’t understand that. Sometimes it is so loud it actually hurts my ears, and it comes out of no where all of a sudden.
I lived in Seattle next to Lake Union… you should try the seaplanes that take people on 30 min trips around the sky and then land. The sound is similar to a VERY large dirt bike, but there are a dozen of them.
Try sleeping in on a holiday like Valentine’s Day or Labor Day with that ridiculous crap. There is basically a “runway” in the middle of the lake that is as busy as JFK. (OK, maybe not that busy.)
Also… give how “green” Seattle is. It smacks of ironic decadence.
Maybe if NYC actually got decent traffic cameras and traffic maps on the web that show the truth… maybe traffic helicopters would go away. Though, it’s not like there are a lot of options if they announce X bridge is “slow.” And maybe fuel costs will make the TV stations stop flying — I think right now, they just have pilots on staff and feel like they should do something in between riots.
Gotta agree with wintaki. Noise is in the ear of the behearer. Me, I don’t mind the helicopters much, and I live three blocks from the “Belt-Gowanus merge” that the traffic reporters talk about every morning, which means hovering choppers every morning.
I’m much more annoyed by retarded showboaters with loud bikes and boombox cars because they make as much racket as they can on purpose. It’s simply making noise for the sake of making noise, like a bratty five year old trying to get attention. Helicopter pilots can’t help that helicopters are loud.
parkedslope – Not true. You just prove my point that everyone has different opinions. *You* may not like the noise of aircraft, but I love it. Every time I hear a plane fly by, I look up. I could deal with that all day. But I can’t stand people honking their horn for no reason (I love it how some people honk their horn immediately when the light turns green before anyone of normal human reaction times could even press the gas pedal).
I recognize you don’t appreciate the air traffic, but that does not mean it is “worse” then auto traffic noise. You are just use to the auto traffic and probably drive yourself. You see the pilots as “other people” who bother you. But it works both ways.