LAPD Air Support AS350

One of LAPD's Air Support Division's newly liveried Eurocopter AS350s passes the Hooper Memorial Heliport - it's the "black and white" of the sky. Photo taken on Nov 4, 2010 by DAVID BERGER / LA Observer / via Flickr

Real Estate Helicopter Tours

Real Estate Agent Russ Filice show homes from a helicopter.

TV Helicopter Sky 9 makes Hard Landing @ Whiteman Airpark

Los Angeles' Daily News reported on Nov 12, 2010:

Sister stations KCAL9 and CBS2 report that engine failure forced the hard landing about 8 a.m. Friday at Whiteman Airpark in the Pacoima.

Pilot Derek Bell says that as soon as the Eurocopter's engine began to fail he began autorotation and quickly brought the craft known as Sky 9 back to the airfield.

The helicopter's tail struck the ground and broke off but the craft landed upright on its skids.

image via Daily News server

See more photos after the jump.

Helicopter Raw Video, Missile Launch off of Los Angeles Coast 09-NOV-2010

Video of the November 09, 2010 missile launch from 35 miles off of the Los Angeles coastline.

Video shot by a KCBS/KCAL Cameraman Gil Leyvas from a news helicopter in Los Angeles that shows an object shooting across the sky and leaving a large contrail, or vapor trail, over the Pacific Ocean. Pentagon can't, or wont, Explain 'Missile' Off California Coast.
"Whatever it was, it was spinning up into the sky kind of like a spiral," and was easy to distinguish from condensation trails from jets, he said. "It was quite a sight to see. It was spectacular" said the cameraman.

The FAA has said that no aircraft were in that airspace at the time.

Here's the Fox News report:

Take a tour of a LA Sheriff's Helicopter

Tactical Flight Deputy Clint Hughes of the Los Angeles Sheriff Department's Aero Bureau gives a tour of his patrol operations helicopter, an American Eurocopter AS350B2 "ASTAR", N971SD, one of twelve that the department has. 


These Helicopters run 24 hours a day in three hour rotating shifts. The crews fly two 3-hour hops during their 10 hour shifts.

Airbus A380 Super Jumbo Jet 1st landing at LAX

From March 19, 2007 via CNBC

video: LAPD Air Support - Taking Off

Whiteman Airport from above

THE FOLLOWING INFO IS NOT FOR USE IN ACTUAL FLIGHT PLANNING. >

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Whiteman Airport is located in the Pacoima area of the San Fernando Valley in the City of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Fire Department Air Operations unit is based at Barton Heliport, a heliport in the southeast corner of this airport. Also, Squadron 35 of the Civil Air Patrol operates from this airport.




Airport Communications
CTAF: 135.0
UNICOM: 122.95
ATIS: 132.1 [0800-2000]
WHITEMAN GROUND: 125.0 [0800-2000]
WHITEMAN TOWER: 135.0 [0800-2000]
SOCAL APPROACH: 120.4(VNY 280-BUR 050) 134.2(VNY 160-VNY 280)
SOCAL DEPARTURE: 120.4(VNY 280-BUR 050) 134.2(VNY 160-VNY 280)
CLASS C IC: 120.4(VNY 280-BUR 050) 134.2(VNY 160-VNY 280)

LAX Observation Tower

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LAPD Air Support operates from Hooper Air

LAPD's Hooper Airport - Listen in on 123.075

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LAPD Hooper Heliport
General Type: Heliport, Status: Operational, Acivation Date: 01/01/1978, Runways: 1, Ownership: Publicly owned, Facility Use: Private, Site Number: 01817.14*H, Location ID: 4CA0, Region: Western-Pacific, District Office: LAX,

Unicom Frequency: 123.075 mHz,

Aeronautical sectional chart: Los Angeles, Tie-In FSS: No, Tie-In FSS ID: HHR,

Tie-In FSS Name: Hawthorne,

Tie-In FSS Toll-Free Number: 1-800-WX-BRIEF,

Elevation: 302 ft, Elevation determination method: Estimated, Air traffic control tower: No, Boundary ARTCC (FAA) computer ID: ZCL, Boundary ARTCC ID: ZLA, Boundary ARTCC Name: Los Angeles, Airspace Determination: Conditional, NOTAM Service: No, Inspection Group: Owner, Inspection Method: 5010-2 Private use mail out program
Location State: California, County: Los Angeles, City: Los Angeles, GPS (Degrees): Lat: 34° 02' 36.044'', Lng: -118° 14' 49.265'', GPS (Seconds): Lat: 34.043346, Lng: -118.247018, GPS determination method: Estimated, Distance from central business district: 1 mi (SW), Find on map >>

Owner City Of Los Angeles, 555 Ramirez St, Space 475, Los Angeles, Ca 90012, 213-485-2011 Manager C.O.-Air Support Div-Lapd, 150 N. Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, Ca 90012, 213-485-2600

Schedule
Aircraft Helicopters:
Additional Magnetic Variation: 14E (Year 1985), Non-Commercial Landing Fee: No, Wind direction indicator: Yes, Segmented circle airport marker system: No
Remarks Airspace Determination: VFR ONLY.
Runway 1
General ID: 'H1, Length: 205 ft, Width: 105 ft, Runway Surface Type Condition: Portland cement concrete


Read more: http://www.city-data.com/airports/Lapd-Hooper-Heliport-Los-Angeles-California.html#ixzz10Eg02kZ5

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LAX seen from above

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LAX seen from above.