darryl kimball posted an article on Law Enforcement Helicopter Aviation - Nov 13, 2009, 11:15 am
File photo of a Cessna Citation, Wikimedia.org, Become an FBI pilot and you may find yourself flying a Citation similar to this one.It is probably not something that you hear talked about every day,&n...
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darryl kimball posted an article on Law Enforcement Helicopter Aviation - Nov 5, 2009, 2:37 pm
The Tulsa Police Air Support Unit took their final patrol flight on Halloween night, the latest police aviation unit to fall victim to the downturned economy.  The unit was first formed in 1982 a...
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darryl kimball posted an article on Law Enforcement Helicopter Aviation - Oct 30, 2009, 9:17 am
On Oct. 15th I posted an article about a hard landing suffered by a Border Patrol MD600 Helicopter during a simulated auto-rotation.  At the time the helicopter was being operated by a factory CF...
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darryl kimball posted an article on Law Enforcement Helicopter Aviation - Oct 29, 2009, 10:44 am
Sacramento P.D. OH-58 Helicopter on patrol.Sir Robert Peel, considered by most to be the founder of the first organized police department was once quoted as saying "The Police are the public and publi...
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darryl kimball posted an article on Law Enforcement Helicopter Aviation - Oct 28, 2009, 1:37 pm
When Silver State Helicopters abruptly declared bankruptcy in February of 2008 it was the final push for me to launch this website and begin blogging about Police Helicopters.  My very first blog...
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darryl kimball posted an article on Law Enforcement Helicopter Aviation - Oct 23, 2009, 10:26 am
Texas DPS AS 350B2 on display at the ALEA Conference 2009 in Savana Ga.An hour long shootout Wednesday afternoon between the Mexican Army and narcotic traffickers in Nuevo Laredo prompted th...
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darryl kimball posted an article on Law Enforcement Helicopter Aviation - Oct 15, 2009, 1:22 pm
File photo of an EC 135 Police Helicopter in the U.K., photo courtesy Wikimedia.org Arpingstone.On Friday evening around 10:30 pm local time a group of three men wearing balaclavas (face masks) storme...
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darryl kimball posted an article on Law Enforcement Helicopter Aviation - Oct 15, 2009, 11:18 am
BP MD600N, Gillespie Field, D. Weldon photo.PHP.com has learned that some Border Patrol pilots are expressing their concern about the apparent poor auto-rotational capabilities of the MD600N (no tail ...
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darryl kimball posted an article on Law Enforcement Helicopter Aviation - Oct 1, 2009, 11:34 am
Louisiana State Police Bell 430s, courtesy L.S.P.On Friday Sept. 25th Louisiana State Police Superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson announced the return of the state police air support unit to northern Lou...
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darryl kimball posted an article on Law Enforcement Helicopter Aviation - Sep 25, 2009, 12:07 pm
Stockholm Sweden is no stranger to bank robberies and heists.  After all it brought us the condition known as the "Stockholm Syndrome" wherein a hostage bonds with and then begins to protect thei...
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darryl kimball posted an article on Law Enforcement Helicopter Aviation - Sep 25, 2009, 10:51 am
R44 4 seat helicopter, photo courtesy of Cal-Fire Valley Center.At around 1430 hours on Sunday September 20th, an emergency call went out that a helicopter had crashed on the Guejito Ranch in northern...
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darryl kimball posted an article on Law Enforcement Helicopter Aviation - Sep 18, 2009, 11:21 am
MD500 night shot, Dan Megna photo.This photo taken by retired deputy/pilot Dan Megna has been setting on my computer for many months just waiting for the right story or article to couple it with. ...
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darryl kimball posted an article on Law Enforcement Helicopter Aviation - Sep 11, 2009, 5:17 pm
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darryl kimball posted an article on Law Enforcement Helicopter Aviation - Sep 11, 2009, 2:37 pm
I don't seem to recall exactly when hand held lasers became both cheap and popular, but since that time I would guess that there are few law enforcement helicopter crews in the country (probably t...
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darryl kimball posted an article on Law Enforcement Helicopter Aviation - Sep 11, 2009, 1:14 pm
... over Lake Michigan.On Friday September 4th, just after midnight the Chicago Police Helicopter and crew continued to prove it's ... custody. Excellent work by both air and ground units! For...
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darryl kimball posted an article on Law Enforcement Helicopter Aviation - Aug 26, 2009, 12:02 pm
File photo of Miami Dade Police EC AS350B3, (not the one involved in the crash).On Tuesday August 4th at 1630 hours a Department of Homeland Security, Customs & Border Protection helicopter (similar t...
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