Helicopters, helicopters, helicopters

[My 2 cents]

Gotta disagree with the Fail Rail contribution. What benefit would we get for proposing such a thing? They should have abandoned that project years ago. Or never started it in the first place. A total fleecing.

[VancouverIslander]

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Originally posted by ericlp

I bet neighborhoods like fern forest, eden rok, are pretty happy they no longer have to listen to the helicopters...

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We used to get a lot of them in Eden Roc, but they never really bothered me. It was a bit of noise 40 times a day or so, but as others have said, not really any worse than a lawn mower.

Me ka ha`aha`a,
Mike

[mermaid53]

Now we seldom hear the helicopter noise but those of you that do - along the coast to the new Pu'u Leilani will eventually get used to it as back round noise.

I do not agree that we will eventually get used to it as background noise...in fact it's wearing thin on many people. It's one thing when the noise is continuous when a cruise ship is in town vs continuous 12+/7. Every 3-5 min, or even every 10 min 12+/7 shouldn't be the new norm for anyone to endure.

I called the FAA Flight Standard District Office this morning. They said they enforce "low flying" complaints. She gave me another number to call for Hawaii Helicopter Association which handles specifically Noise complaints. Their objective is "to be a good neighbor". Their Noise Comment hotline number is 800-370-1060.

I got a recording requesting very specific information, i.e. date, time/s and any identifiable markings on the helicopter, physical address where the noise is occuring, name and phone number.

[mermaid53]

It was a bit of noise 40 times a day or so, but as others have said, not really any worse than a lawn mower.

Actually this was said:

Lot of those are even louder than our gas powered lawnmower!
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Funny that you'd mention that. When mowing yesterday, we noticed the helicopters were louder than our lawnmower.

Lucky it was only 40 x's a day at your place Mike. Curious, was it 7 x's a week?

[Mimosa]

On cruise ship days we some times would get several hundred helicopters back and forth to Pu'u O'o.Starting at 7:30am and lasting till 4:30 in afternoon.
The DEA when doing G.H.Would start at 8am and quit at 3:30 in afternoon at tree top level low n slow.....
Now this morning a chopper at dawn made a bee line to Pu'u O'o so we assume U.S.G.S. .They never came back down the hill.
We still ascertain putting a fee or tax on every tourist of $35.00 for fail rail on Oahu and $10 to $20 per tourist to off set the rise to the G.E.T.These tourists are a captive audience and will happily pay what ever fee per seat to view our very unique geographical phenomenon.
If the noise from the helicopters bothers you so much - make HUGE signs in your yard that let the choppers and tourists both know how annoying their noise is to you.
Like F-U or similar .
Bring in news media to your lot to record the annoyance or fly helium kites or balloons with banners up 100 - 300 ft over your property .Check with L.E. or F.A..A. as to the legal height of said kites -banners or balloons .If enough neighbors do this en - mass it will perhaps send a strong visual message.We up here in H.A,,,. and i am sure Eden Roc - Fern Acres are enjoying this change of chopper flight path to the new Pu'u Leilani .
Mrs.Mimosa

[Mimosa]

In the Japanese dialect FU-Ku means welcome .So if persons along the new flight path put up large 4foot letters - most non Japanese tourists would not understand.
Mrs.Mimosa

[AaronM]

"On some days...Several hundred helicopters".
I love reading your posts Mimosa, very entertaining!

[glassnumbers]

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Originally posted by Mimosa

In the Japanese dialect FU-Ku means welcome .So if persons along the new flight path put up large 4foot letters - most non Japanese tourists would not understand.
Mrs.Mimosa

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It's certainly amusing when you post stuff that a person can prove wrong within 5 minutes of google research. Fuku, in japanese, means the following: clothes, blowing on something, wiping, or fortune. It doesn't mean welcome. Also, you used "dialect" wrong, a dialect is a sub-language of the core language, so say, the Tokyo dialect of the Japanese language is how you would use that word. Finally, the actual word for "welcome" in Japanese has two core forms, one is Yokoso! the generic welcome, the second is Irasshaimase! which is what you would hear from a shop owner, walking into their shop as a customer.

[leo]

On cruise ship days we some times would get several hundred helicopters back and forth to Pu'u O'o.Starting at 7:30am and lasting till 4:30 in afternoon

Mrs Mimosa, how many helicopters would be in the sky simultaneously if several hundred are going back and forth "starting at 7:30am and lasting till 4:30 in afternoon" ? That means no breaks between flights?

Compare to one person who said over 88 flights from 6AM-6PM with 1-2 flights 5 min apart.

[Mimosa]

Some times 3 or 4 helicopters at a time - 2 going up and 2 going down - spaced every 30 to 180 seconds apart .
GN - as with any autistic human such as yourself - there is many dialects spoken in Japan .
Akin to pidgen here .
In the P.I. there are over 4000 dialects spoken as in each barrio has it's own dialect be in on Negros or Cebu but the national dialect is Tagalog - we try to ignore you but in this instance a very close family friend whose name is Kimori ( family Name ) says FU - Ku means welcome in her part of Tokyo .
Goggle all you want and please quit with the jabs as your understanding of Japan and the many layers if dialect is just a Google search....For how many years have you lived in Japan GN?
We are born n raise here and in our 9th decade of life.
Mrs.Mimosa and Ohana