Military choppers over New York?

For the past 1/2 hour or so (10 PM local), I've had two (presumably)
military choppers in the air over my house, about 5 miles NE of
LaGuardia. At one point, one was hovering right over my house, and the
other searching the ground with a spotlight nearby. Based on traffic
calls, the two of them are between 500 and 800 feet. They're basicly
parked right in the final approach course to the active runway.

I'm assuming they're military because 1) nobody else flies formation
choppers, 2) The one right over my house looked way too big to be
anything else, and 3) I'm monitoring LaGuardia tower; it's obvious he's
talking to both of them, but I'm hearing none of that traffic. I assume
he's got them on the military freq (263.0, which my scanner doesn't get).

Anybody have any idea what's going on?

"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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For the past 1/2 hour or so (10 PM local), I've had two (presumably)
military choppers in the air over my house, about 5 miles NE of
LaGuardia. At one point, one was hovering right over my house, and the
other searching the ground with a spotlight nearby.

They must have found out that one of those dangerous private pilots lives
there!

-- Jay


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Jay Masino wrote:
"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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For the past 1/2 hour or so (10 PM local), I've had two (presumably)
military choppers in the air over my house, about 5 miles NE of
LaGuardia. At one point, one was hovering right over my house, and the
other searching the ground with a spotlight nearby.

They must have found out that one of those dangerous private pilots lives
there!

Mystery solved...

http://www.wnbc.com/news/2418102/detail.html

Mystery solved...

You beat me to it. PD probably had their
Air Sea Rescue 412 working and maybe one other ship and CG a Dolphin.

Based on traffic
calls, the two of them are between 500 and 800 feet. They're basicly
parked right in the final approach course to the active runway.

If necessary PD can give LGA a "Priority"and the Tower will actually stop or
delay departures and arrivals. But PD will only do this in extreme cases. For
the most part they will low level and the tower will call off the
departures/arrivals. They work very well together to minimize any problems.
BTW, helicopters use the 126.050 frequency at LGA not the tower 118.7.

"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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Mystery solved...

http://www.wnbc.com/news/2418102/detail.html

Cool. I heard this one on Paul Harvey this morning.

--
Jim Fisher