I read this with the intent of forming a strong opinion in support of one side or the other based on the facts of the article, and intended to voice that opinion in this thread with significant amounts of derogatory snark for the side I felt to be in the wrong. But after completing the article, I find that I don't care even the tiniest bit for either side, and wish nothing but ill on all of them. Maybe it's just been a bad day.

My area gets buzzed by news & police choppers fairly regularly. They're loud but you get over it.

Man, if I had a Hughes 500, every day would be a reenactment of Apocalypse Now on the way out and Blue Thunder on the way in...

Meh....it's Renton...who really gives a fark?

To the Petercopter!

/drtfa

HugeMidget: Man, if I had a Hughes 500, every day would be a reenactment of Apocalypse Now on the way out and Blue Thunder on the way in...

/cue the "Flight of the Valkyrie " music

They're called "nouveaux riche" jerkmitter.

"The question is, how far do we want to go with this?" said Brian Shive. "When I get home, I like to have some peace and quiet."

Then you should move somewhere else. I mean Jebus, the area is specifically known for its aircraft activity and has a long history of same.

HugeMidget: Man, if I had a Hughes 500, every day would be a reenactment of Apocalypse Now on the way out and Blue Thunder on the way in...


But Blue Thunder was based on a Aérospatiale SA.341 Gazelle... or do you just not care?

this happens in my homecountry frequently, people move in next to an airport, and are promptly shocked that planes actually fly above their house, or they move in next to a railwaytrack and are suprised when trains actually pass by, or they move into the citycenter and are suprised when there is a marathon so they cant drive their little snowflake to the daycare center.

Im in ur Fark: To the Petercopter!

/drtfa

How can you afford these things!?!?


aside from the helo thing- my neighbor likes to spend all weekend blowing his leaves around with that noisy ass backpack blower. There's no rhyme or reason to what he does, he just blows them around every weekend, and his property is still covered in leaves.

re: st. Michaels Maryland. (google helicopters and eastern shore of MD)


Helicopters will be not allowed in residential ares except for Cheney and Rumsfeld.

/This area is lousy with political types.

//spelling and grammar are excused from this post.

No, this isn't the same as the farmer who has used a tractor for 40 years, only to have some new subdivision residents complain. This guy's only used the helicopter for a short amount of time.

I'd like to know how loud this one is... if it's not over-the-top loud, let him use it during reasonable hours. However, if we're talking Qwest Field kind of loud... that's probably a bit much.

I would love my own private helicopter and helipad, so more props to this guy.

That said, I doubt it's two minutes on startup and two minutes on shutdown. Knowing very little about it, but observation, I frequently see the Hughes 500s that are built across the street taking and the Mesa Police Hughes 500 taking more like 5-10 minutes to warm up and shutdown. Not sure why, I always figured that they wanted to avoid thermal shock to their very expensive engines.

Fark Renton. It's King County's armpit.

Their land, they can do what they want. As long as they harm no one else in doing it.

I wish I could whine to the government about all the annoying stuff I have to put up with on a daily basis.

If it's a Hughes 500 with notar it's pretty quiet. The police like them because they are so quiet.

how do people manage to get rich when they're so stupid?

nouveau, NINJA, just nouveau.

no X on the end

RoyBatty: taking more like 5-10 minutes to warm up and shutdown.

"It was two minutes five minutes ago!"

/before zee Germans get here

He should accuse that one lady of havin' a submarine under her dock.

/just for shiats and giggles
//somethin' somethin' men and boys and the size of their toys

not_an_indigo: Fark Renton. It's King County's armpit.

No, thats Tukwila.

And Auburn. And Kent.

The very same thing happened in my neighborhood when I was a kid (well, in high school). The only difference was, this guy didn't get any permits and still built a helipad. Needless to say, most of the neighbors complained and forced him to stop. He sold his house (sans the helipad) very quickly.

Is this a thread where lower-class folk can rag about how evil upper-class people are because they have nicer things than them?!

Can't wait!

Not to mention the 114 luxury homes Conner himself is building by the lakefront.

Damn, that guy's a workaholic...

My neighbor used to let his friend keep his helicopter in his back yard, so I am getting a kick out of these replies. . .

But really, they would take it out a couple times a week and after the cool factor it was just another thing going on. Grass mowing, motorcycles, leaf blowers, race cars (mine) and a helicopter. Really, out of all of them the leaf blowers are the worst - that high-pitch 2-stroke can get to you.

Paul Allen lands his helicopter on a helipad in Lake Washington, then ferries it to the shore.

I killed Paul Allen with an axe to the face so I'm really getting a kick...

sonder: nouveau, NINJA, just nouveau.

no X on the end

I stand corrected. French was never my strong subject.

Ninja Wicked: They're called "nouveaux riche" jerkmitter.

That's Nouveaux riche pigs, mind.

Aircraft should be allowed everywhere possible. fark anyone who disagrees. Flight is the pinnacle of human achievement.

/biased

Pocket Ninja: I read this with the intent of forming a strong opinion

I'm getting a kick out these replies because I'm...ah...uh...I'm not sure.

Ninja, couldn't have said it better.

MadAzza: Aircraft should be allowed everywhere possible. fark anyone who disagrees. Flight is the pinnacle of human achievement.

/biased

shiat, I hope not. We haven't even colonized another planet.

If forced to move my 'copter to the local airport, I would comply.
And I would fly every day.

Right over to the lady's house that is the biggest complainer.

And hover.
And hover some more.
And some more.

Get up tomorrow, rinse, repeat.

HugeMidget: Man, if I had a Hughes 500, every day would be a reenactment of Apocalypse Now on the way out and Blue Thunder on the way in...

I hope to get one soon. I've been hoping that for awhile now. I do know how to fly them.

Tarx: HugeMidget: Man, if I had a Hughes 500, every day would be a reenactment of Apocalypse Now on the way out and Blue Thunder on the way in...


But Blue Thunder was based on a Aérospatiale SA.341 Gazelle... or do you just not care?

Blue Thunder isn't connected to Apocalypse Now. There were Hughes 500s in Vietnam (the OH-6 or LOH), there weren't any Gazelles.

Ninja Wicked: I stand corrected. French was never my forte strong subject.

Fixé cela pour vous.

Munchausen's Proxy: My neighbor used to let his friend keep his helicopter in his back yard, so I am getting a kick out of these replies. . .

But really, they would take it out a couple times a week and after the cool factor it was just another thing going on. Grass mowing, motorcycles, leaf blowers, race cars (mine) and a helicopter. Really, out of all of them the leaf blowers are the worst - that high-pitch 2-stroke can get to you.

I've never understood leaf blowers. They just put the leaves that are here over there. We need leaf suckers, bag em up and get rid of them. Or at least, the "over there" is a long way off.

rancid weasel: MadAzza: Aircraft should be allowed everywhere possible. fark anyone who disagrees. Flight is the pinnacle of human achievement.

/biased

shiat, I hope not. We haven't even colonized another planet.

The pinnacle to date, then.

RoyBatty: If it's a Hughes 500 with notar it's pretty quiet. The police like them because they are so quiet.

They are quiet (for aircraft), and they're fast (182 MPH, maybe better now, and have a good payload). I saw one for sale for $750,000.

clipperbox: Im in ur Fark: To the Petercopter!

/drtfa

How can you afford these things!?!?


aside from the helo thing- my neighbor likes to spend all weekend blowing his leaves around with that noisy ass backpack blower. There's no rhyme or reason to what he does, he just blows them around every weekend, and his property is still covered in leaves.

I wonder how fast I might go on rollerblades with a gas-powered leaf blower. 182 MPH? That'd be cool, the speed record for rollerblades is 176 MPH.

Pocket Ninja: I read this with the intent of forming a strong opinion in support of one side or the other based on the facts of the article, and intended to voice that opinion in this thread with significant amounts of derogatory snark for the side I felt to be in the wrong. But after completing the article, I find that I don't care even the tiniest bit for either side, and wish nothing but ill on all of them. Maybe it's just been a bad day.

Agreed. If you're privileged enough to live in a place like that, just lock yourself in your panic room and cry about it. Don't waste city council time when they should be like fixing potholes and getting rid of cigarette vending machines and crap like that.

If they were looking for peace and quiet, why did they move to a "community"--you know--with "other people"--who occasionally "do things that you might hear"??

HugeMidget: Man, if I had a Hughes 500, every day would be a reenactment of Apocalypse Now on the way out and Blue Thunder on the way in...

You wanna chip in for one?

HugeMidget ...........I agree

One of our local TV stations likes to hover their helo at a couple of hundred feet, directly over my house so, they can do their morning "traffic reports".

There are days when I would love to shoot that thing from the sky.

rancid weasel: Ninja Wicked: They're called "nouveaux riche" jerkmitter.
That's Nouveaux riche pigs, mind.

sonder: nouveau, NINJA, just nouveau.
no X on the end


Qu'ils mangent de la gateaux.

rancid weasel: MadAzza: Aircraft should be allowed everywhere possible. fark anyone who disagrees. Flight is the pinnacle of human achievement.

/biased

shiat, I hope not. We haven't even colonized another planet.

I meant, "so far."

Onward!

tatum:
Qu'ils mangent de la gateaux.

Qu'ils ... is that one of those pretentious baby names from that other thread?

I think it is great that one rich guy is pissing off another rich guy.


Charlie don't surf.