Why Does Bethesda-Chevy Chase Hate Helicopters?
Residents complain of overhead flight noise.
If there’s one thing Bethesda-Chevy Chase residents can bond over, it's hating helicopter noise. Several times a month editors at Patch receive questions or complaints from residents asking about the helicopters heard over their neighborhoods at night. What's going on? Who can we call about the helicopter noises? What’s the number for the county’s helicopter department? Well, the answers are: It depends, a couple of people and there isn’t one. The helicopters you hear flying over Montgomery County are likely one of three types – news choppers, police choppers or medical choppers. “Aside from the occasional news helicopter up covering a crime scene at night, helicopters are typically up at night for rescue or crime fighting reasons,” …
Rachele Sills
12:57 pm on Friday, April 26, 2013
It seems the military flights patrol around residential area day and night after 911. Those flights make loud noise frequently and follow innocent citizens everywhere. It's very annoying and disturbing! more ›