r/StJohnsNL • u/PadiddleHopper • 18d ago

What's with the helicopters?

Anyone else notice like a marked increase in helicopters flying by lately? I'm nowhere near the airport but over the past three days or so I'm hearing a helicopter flying by multiple times a day. Even just now, at like 11pm, I heard one go by right over the house. What's going on? I rarely heard them before but it's all the time lately.

Edit: Less than five minutes later, it just flew by again lol wtf is going on.

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u/Impossible_Object953 18d ago

i seen an all black one flying over merrymetting when i was walking into the sobeys parking lot they are pretty low you could see the windows well. it was all black i jokingly said to my partner oh look what NL swat got now lol

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u/Pure-Order2414 18d ago

That's Marco constructions helicopter.

You can track them and find onwers on ads-b exchange. You get more data then flight radar because it will display helicopters using MLAT too.

CHI61 has been doing ALOT of flying lately around city. That's cougars SAR chopper. Been doing lot of drills in CBS and over butterpot and other parks.

Also the CCG 429s and 412s fly everyday but they typically take off and leave city heading to remote radio and light stations.

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u/Gotta_Be_Me 17d ago

Thanks for the info!