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Re: Helicopter - plane circling above
« Reply #140 on: Nov 13, 11, 10:17:02 AM »
ok, it's been around 3 times now...what's the deal?

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« Reply #141 on: Nov 13, 11, 10:28:05 AM »
different sets of military helicopters. Probably doing training and/or planning an attack on Pinion Hills.

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« Reply #142 on: Nov 13, 11, 10:38:25 AM »
I think snowave is right (about the training, not the attack).  ;D

I have seen 3 different military helicopters out here near Jackson Lake this morning.


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« Reply #143 on: Nov 16, 11, 12:54:24 PM »
Does anybody know what the helicopter is all about?

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Re: Helicopter - plane circling above
« Reply #144 on: Nov 16, 11, 12:58:45 PM »
Another military thing; I saw one chinook fly low over my house on the east side a few minutes ago.  There's another that sounds like a single rotor just hovering to the east, over LPC it sounds.  Probably exercises, but with all these valleys I don't know why they have to do it here.  It's kind of disconcerting.

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« Reply #145 on: Nov 16, 11, 01:02:31 PM »
Had me worried as well.   ???

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Re: Helicopter - plane circling above
« Reply #146 on: Nov 16, 11, 01:10:26 PM »
There is forest thinning taking place in WW, the helicopters are moving trees.

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« Reply #147 on: Nov 16, 11, 03:13:28 PM »
Yeah, I was about to say, I had to make a run to the PO so took a peak, and it's the forest service hauling trees up on LPC.  Guess the chinook was unrelated.

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« Reply #148 on: Nov 16, 11, 03:30:43 PM »
I appreciate having the forest thinned in the property that's right at our backyard. Having a helicopter making circles above our house ALL day is a little crazy making.  You know it's loud when you can't hear the Fedex guy knocking on your door and can't make a call all day due to volume in the house.

I think the land they are working on is privately owned.  Anyone know if this is more than a one day project? 

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« Reply #149 on: Nov 16, 11, 04:20:20 PM »
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and it's the forest service hauling trees up on LPC

It's not a Forest Service project. The work is being conducted under the San Bernardino County Fire Department Hazardous Tree program by a private contractor.


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I think the land they are working on is privately owned.

It is indeed on private property.

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Re: Helicopter - plane circling above
« Reply #150 on: Nov 16, 11, 04:25:40 PM »
See this topic for information on the 1st phase of the helicopter fuel reduction back in Dec 2007:

http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/forum/index.php?topic=9345.msg164126#msg164126

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« Reply #151 on: Nov 16, 11, 05:54:02 PM »
Thanks for the background info Wrightwood.  Any idea if this is going to be going on for a while?

My home is my office and frankly the noise level was at such a level today that I don't think I could've made a phone call and been heard.  Plus all the "looky loos" literally parked right in front of the house and the helicopter had the dogs barking and going crazy. 

I'm glad we're getting the forest cleared, but the path of the tree removal was a loop above our house all day long. 

Very frustrating  to listen to a helicopter fly loops around your house all day while trying to get run your own business.

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« Reply #152 on: Nov 16, 11, 06:11:52 PM »
Very frustrating  to listen to a helicopter fly loops around your house all day while trying to get run your own business.

More frustrating when the sounds you hear are police on their loud speakers, telling you to evacuate ;)

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Re: Helicopter - plane circling above
« Reply #154 on: Nov 17, 11, 12:10:26 PM »
This is great -- looking at the map on that old post.  Get that fuel out of our backyard!  :2thumbsup:

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« Reply #155 on: Nov 17, 11, 06:36:17 PM »
Great photography Chuck!  Thank you!

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Re: Helicopter - plane circling above
« Reply #156 on: Feb 21, 12, 11:05:34 PM »
Helicopter above town this evening.

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« Reply #157 on: Feb 21, 12, 11:06:32 PM »
Just popped on to see if anyone knew what he was looking for.  Got the spotlight on.

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Re: Helicopter - plane circling above
« Reply #158 on: Feb 21, 12, 11:07:52 PM »
Anybody know why thesheriff helo is searching the wash?  A sheriff car also up on lone pine north of wash

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Re: Helicopter - plane circling above
« Reply #159 on: Feb 21, 12, 11:09:04 PM »
Watching it circle town on the Mtn Hardware cam