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caligirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 09:09 AM
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KGO7 helicopter hovered half an hour on top of my house at 6am today
Edited on Mon Sep-18-06 09:33 AM by caligirl
This morning we awoke to a helicopter hovering directly above the roof of our house from about 6:05 until 6:42 this morning. And apparently at less than the 500 ft minimum requirement over a residential area. It was a blue A Star helo with a big 7 painted on it. And the KGO7 receptionist admitted they knew they had a helo in our neighborhood at that time, which was while I was on the phone complaining to the FAA offices with the rotors as backround noise.

We live near the 680 freeway and expect a helicopter and sirens weekly if not daily. But in 10 and a half years of living here we have not once had a tv helo sit atop our house for half an hour.

And to the KGO receptionist who wondered why I was so rude, take these calls with some sense of a person having a helo sitting on top of their house at 6am for 30+ minutes, your KGO7 helo. Thank you for admitting to having a helo over our house and for painting your station logo on the A star, it made it much easier to complain to the right FAA offices.
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caligirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 09:14 AM
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1. kick for noise complaints
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 09:23 AM
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2. Good for you. Those bastards flew that thing right in front of my house
for hours not too long ago.

I am about 100 feet above the Bay and it hovered there for most of the day.

My cat was freaking out.
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caligirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 09:31 AM
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4. We had a time locating the right offices, but when I called SFO FAA
the lady their seemed very happy to put me through to the Procedures Office to a guy named Craig Keeney(sounded like Keeney). Husband made some calls to Sacremento as well.

I guess I should be happy we sold this house and are moving to Santa Cruz, but I don't think that should make a difference. They f****** sat on my roof top for half an hour for no apparent reason. I looked for a police action, paramedics etc and there were none.
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caligirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 09:24 AM
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3. kicked.
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Solo_in_MD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 09:40 AM
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5. FAA Certificate Action against the pilot is the best way to stop
such things from reoccurring. Also letters in the station license file may get their attention.
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caligirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 09:47 AM
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6. I'll follow up on this, thanks.
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pansypoo53219 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 10:14 AM
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7. gee, i was pissed
when a helo hoovered 5 blocks away for about 30 minutes to coer a fucking good fri fish fry line.
AND SERB HALL's FISH FRY SUCKS!
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