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Find out directly from flight crews what it’s like to do police work while swooping over Pasadena by helicopter. The Pasadena Police Department’s Air Operations Team will touch down for a free Open House event June 2 to give residents a close-up look at the helicopters and to learn more about how Air Operations protects…
Imagine you are on a bus trying to call home. Your cell phone has no signal. But soon you realize it’s not a dead zone, you can’t make the call because some guy is zapping your phone with a high-tech device. All because he doesn’t think you should be talking in public. View more videos…
Club member Glen Rothstein (LA-145, KK6OTP) shared an article from the New York Times about the LAPD Air Support Division: The air-support division of the Los Angeles Police Department operates out of a labyrinthine building on Ramirez Street in the city’s downtown, near the Los Angeles River. A looming mass of utilitarian architecture tucked beside the…
Whistler is currently offering a scanner trade in program. All you have to do is send them your old scanner (in any condition) and they will allow you to purchase a new Whistler scanner at a discounted price. You must also complete this order form. Source: Glen Rothstein, KK6OTP LA-145
An air tanker dropping retardant on a remote wildfire along the Utah-Nevada line crashed Sunday afternoon, killing both crew members, authorities said. The pilots were fighting the 5,000-acre White Rock Fire, which began burning Friday night after a lightning strike in eastern Nevada. The fire spread across the Utah line Saturday night, but most of…
It is very rare to hear about a mid air collision of two helicopters which then land safely with no reported injuries of the five occupants. It happened Tuesday night Nov. 22 at Brown Field near San Diego during a night training exercise that included two Blackhawk varients. One helicopter suffered damage to the main…
