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Yep! We heard them all the way up here...In San Diego, the hovering helicopters with bright spot lights was a routine residents acknowledged as part of life, if even grudgingly. We were also in the flight path of east to west bound commercial airlines. They began dumping fuel just where we lived on their way to Lindbergh Field. The quiet here is so profound motorcycles, kids with boom boxes and aircraft of any sort registers and causes you to make mental note. I am more concerned when I hear aircraft flying over our home that is not helicopters. Not often, but it does happen...we are not in any known flight path here and for an aircraft to fly over is most curious.
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We heard them here too. As they were flying as Seaside Bob says with " full low pitch" they must have been military - tour helicopters wouldnt want to burn gas like that.
RimPac is going on so maybe that had something to do with it. SB said he saw a KC-10 (a tanker) on approach to ITO. He said they could have been doing practice "bounces"...
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Nothing to be alarmed about...your little plants are safe.
RIMPAC is occurring again.
From the article in the WEST HAWAII TODAY, text copied for those on dial-up.
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RIMPAC returns
More planes and sea activity ahead
by Erin Miller
West Hawaii Today
emiller@westhawaiitoday.com
Friday, June 25, 2010 9:43 AM HST
Big Island residents may soon hear low-flying planes or see naval vessels off the coast, as the 14-nation Rim of the Pacific exercise kicks off this week.
"You'll be able to see ships over the horizon and hear more air traffic," Lt. Matthew Galan said, speaking from the exercise communications offices on Oahu.
The planned maneuvers can be loud, bringing complaints online and by phone, he added.
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In the past, West Hawaii residents have reported being alarmed by jet flyovers at relatively low altitudes, or in routes not typically prescribed by the Federal Aviation Administration for commercial flights. Military officials previously told West Hawaii Today the FAA does approve different flight paths for military aircraft, and those paths could be low-level.
He said no additional traffic moving equipment to Pohakuloa Training Area is expected, though island residents may see more sailors than usual on leave. About 20,000 military personnel are expected to come through the state during the exercise, which began Wednesday and goes through Aug. 1.
Naval forces from 14 countries will bring 32 ships into Hawaii's waters, five submarines and more than 170 aircraft. During the exercise, countries will conduct gunnery, missile, antisubmarine
and air defense exercises, as well as maritime interdiction and vessel boards, explosive ordnance disposal, diving and salvage operations, mine clearance operations and an amphibious landing.
Countries participating comprise the United States, Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Peru, Singapore and Thailand.
The exercise is the world's largest multinational maritime exercise. The first phase, from Monday through July 5, includes operational planning meetings, safety briefings and sporting events. July 6 through 24 is the operational phase, which includes live-fire exercises and other maneuvers. The third phase includes scenario-driven exercises, according to information provided by the Navy.
