The Fight Against Tour Helicopters

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by pj737

I actually take back what I said earlier in this thread about the tour copters. … They fly so close you can make out how many fingers the tourists are holding up. …

And fully agree with the last poster... Noise IS pollution.

… the effect being just one finger to the public below, of course. (And I don’t mean a *thumbs up*)

[Kim33Maui]

Haha “If you don’t like it, move.”

What kind of nasty and illogical response is that for anything?

[stephenMM]

Those helicopters have been a problem for 20 or 30 years. When I lived in Hilo, one company was known for being much worse than the other one. I never could remember which was which, but back then we had the green ones and the blue ones (I think). I never had much of a hankering to see things up there anyway, knowing how hot air and inversions can do unfortunate things to an air vehicle that lacks wings for lift.