EXACTLY. This is a local news chopper covering the water main break at Washington and Essex.

If it is hovering for long it is a news helicopter

Helicopters have been hovering again, creating unnecessary noise pollution. Happening now. Downtown JC over shop rite.

No complaints? These things have been flying so low that if you ever drive on the Pulaski, it's scary! I live by the old Tonnelle Circle, and they generally fly lower than the roof of the CanCo building, if that gives any indicator...

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Talk about helicopter noise?

www.hhiheliport.com/hhiheliporthome.html

Did you ever see how low they fly over the Turnpike extension bridge? Scary and noisy!

This is the best line in the piece....

"HHI Heliport owner Jeff Hyman said he hasn?t heard any complaints."

Do you really think that someone in JC would know who to call? Is it the FAA? Do they have a complaint number?

You would think the JJ would list it!!!

I have freinds in the CV, SH they say it is like living in a war zone some days.

Remember the October snow storm? Two of their helicopters were forced out of the sky and landed in Bayonne Park until the snow stopped the next day.

A lot of these choppers fly low in my area.. Its very loud and the other day, one of them kept going in a circle for 3 or 4 times.

Greenville resident and Jersey City City Hall complain about Kearny heliport

Monday, November 21, 2011, 3:00 AM
By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal

Last year, Jersey City officials tried to keep a heliport from opening in Kearny, saying the helicopters would fly low over residential neighborhoods in the city to avoid Newark Liberty International Airport air traffic.

Their fears may be coming true, at least according to one Greenville resident who says helicopters are constantly flying too low over his neighborhood, rattling his house and creating an ?unacceptable? amount of noise.

It?s ?really disturbing the quality of life,? said Curtis Allen, of Pearsall Avenue. ?Something?s got to be done about it.?

Allen is also fearful that a helicopter crash could devastate the densely populated neighborhood.

Ward A Councilman Michael Sottolano, who represents Greenville, said he and another council member are collecting information regarding the helicopters that fly to and from HHI Heliport in Kearny, and hope to send it soon to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Sottolano, who doesn?t live far from Allen, said he, too, hears the helicopters flying over his home. He?s more ?immune? to them now, but agreed that they are a loud nuisance.

?The helicopter does make you look up,? Sottolano said. ?It sounds like it?s on top of you.?

HHI Heliport owner Jeff Hyman said he hasn?t heard any complaints.

The FAA, meanwhile, did not return a request for comment. But last year, FAA spokeswoman Arlene Salac said the Kearny heliport would not have an adverse impact on air traffic.

?There has been a noticeable increase in helicopter traffic and noise pollution impacting neighborhoods all the way from Greenville to The Heights,? said city spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill. ?The city is continuing to monitor the situation and has instructed the Law Department to research our legal options since it seems that this matter falls within the purview of the FAA.?

Jiselle Santana, 23, who lives on Pearsall Avenue, said she hears the helicopters, but never fears that they?ll crash in the neighborhood.

Lawrence Tisdale, another Pearsall Avenue resident, said he thinks nothing of the chopper noise.

Safety schmafety. What about the noise? It's already bad enough.

Suit: Kearny heliport bad for Jersey City

Monday, October 12, 2009
By RUDY LARINI
THE STAR-LEDGER

KEARNY - A lawsuit filed by the operator of Linden Airport is taking aim at what the operator believes represents a threat to private helicopter travel in the metropolitan area.

The lawsuit challenges a proposed heliport in Kearny that Paul Dudley, director of Linden Municipal Airport, contends would send low-flying helicopter traffic over Jersey City as aircraft travel to and from New York City.

In the aftermath of August's horrific collision between a single-engine plane and a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River that killed nine people, Dudley said he is afraid the helicopter route over Jersey City would risk an even deadlier crash that could threaten a federal shutdown of metropolitan airspace to all private helicopter traffic.

"There is a potential to put the whole industry out of business here," Dudley said. "If we have another accident, the impetus to close down the airspace will be so great it will be insurmountable and we will all be shut down."

Jim Peters, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said he had no comment on what the agency might do under such a scenario.

The proposed heliport in Kearny would be located on an industrial peninsula at the southern tip of the town in the River Terminal Development site on Central Avenue. The site is far removed from the residential western portion of Kearny and Dudley said town residents would be exposed to none of the noise and hazards of the helicopter traffic that residents of Jersey City would face.

"Kearny is basically subjecting Jersey City to all of the negatives of this facility," said Dudley, whose lawsuit was filed on behalf of an elderly Jersey City resident. "Jersey City gets all of the pain, Kearny gets none of it."

William Sullivan and Thomas Cafferty, the attorneys for the heliport, said approved FAA flight paths would be observed and they disputed the contentions in Dudley's lawsuit.

"This is a lawsuit brought by a competitor and we are going to aggressively oppose it," Cafferty said.

Jersey City officials declined to comment directly on the Kearny heliport proposal, but city spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill issued a statement on behalf of Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy.

"In light of the recent tragedy over the Hudson River in which a sight-seeing helicopter and a small plane collided...it would be premature to comment," the mayor's statement said. "However, any added air traffic that could potentially put our residents and business community in harm's way is something we would likely not endorse."

While the operators of the proposed Air Pegasus Metro Heliplex, as the Kearny facility would be known, have filed plans indicating pilots would observe flight paths over waterways and populated areas, Dudley said Kearny has no authority to enforce those flight paths.

The Kearny zoning board approved plans for the heliport in August, but Cafferty said there was no timetable for when the project would begin.

The owner of Linden airport says it's dangerous? Perhaps he doesn't want anyone else selling Jet A to the local helicopters.

Linden Airport operator files suit to block Kearny heliport, citing air traffic concerns

By Rudy Larini
October 09, 2009
THE STAR-LEDGERA

The airport operator has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a new heliport in Kearny, arguing it would create dangerous air traffic situations in the congested skies over Jersey City and the Hudson River.

KEARNY -- A lawsuit filed by the operator of Linden Airport is taking aim at what the operator believes represents a threat to private helicopter travel in the metropolitan area.

The lawsuit challenges a proposed heliport in the Hudson County town of Kearny that Paul Dudley, director of Linden Municipal Airport, contends would send low-flying helicopter traffic over densely-populated Jersey City as the aircraft travel to and from New York City.

In the aftermath of August?s horrific collision between a single-engine plane and a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River that killed nine people, Dudley said he is afraid the helicopter route over Jersey City would risk an even deadlier crash that could threaten a federal shutdown of metropolitan airspace to all private helicopter traffic.

"There is a potential to put the whole industry out of business here," Dudley said. "If we have another accident, the impetus to close down the airspace will be so great it will be insurmountable and we will all be shut down."

Jim Peters, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said he had no comment on what the agency might do under such a scenario.

The proposed heliport in Kearny would be located on an industrial peninsula at the southern tip of the town in the River Terminal Development site on Central Avenue.

The site is far removed from the residential western portion of Kearny and Dudley said town residents would be exposed to none of the noise and hazards of the helicopter traffic that residents of Jersey City would face.

"Kearny is basically subjecting Jersey City to all of the negatives of this facility," said Dudley, whose lawsuit was filed on behalf of an elderly Jersey City resident. "Jersey City gets all of the pain, Kearny gets none of it."

Dudley also noted that Kearny residents mounted a heated campaign last year against a now-scuttled proposal for a heliport in the North Ward of Newark, a location that would have brought helicopter traffic directly over the populated portion of Kearny.

William Sullivan and Thomas Cafferty, the attorneys for the heliport, said approved FAA flight paths would be observed and they disputed the contentions in Dudley?s lawsuit.

"This is a lawsuit brought by a competitor and we are going to aggressively oppose it," Cafferty said.

Jersey City officials declined to comment directly on the Kearny heliport proposal, but city spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill issued a statement on behalf of Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy.

"In light of the recent tragedy over the Hudson River in which a sight-seeing helicopter and a small plane collided and the current review by the FAA of how that airspace is to be regulated, it would be premature to comment," the mayor?s statement said. "However, any added air traffic that could potentially put our residents and business community in harms way is something we would likely not endorse."

The August collision occurred at an altitude below 1,100 feet in unregulated air space where pilots fly under visual flight rules and rely on their own communications to avoid collisions.

While the operators of the proposed Air Pegasus Metro Heliplex, as the Kearny facility would be known, have filed plans indicating pilots would observe flight paths over waterways and highway corridors that would skirt Jersey City and other populated areas, Dudley said Kearny has no authority to enforce those flight paths.

The Kearny zoing board approved plans for the heliport in August, but Cafferty said there was no definite timetable for when the project would begin.