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Old 02-27-2017, 01:12 PM
 
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Anyone know what these helicopters are? I see them mostly on weekends. Seem to be flying at about 200-300 feet and on Saturday and Sunday afternoons may see them run 10 rounds in the area.

They fly very low, yellow, no markings that I can see.
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Old 02-27-2017, 03:04 PM
 
Location: Jupiter, FL
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Was it these guys?

https://tourhelicopter.com/welcome/

Since you said "no markings", that must not be it.
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Old 02-27-2017, 04:09 PM
 
Location: Weston, FL
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If you are talking about a Huey-like yellow chopper (actually a couple of them) that has been doing runs over the ocean in front of Sunny Isles, it has a Canadian flag on its tail. It seems like some Canadian police or military or coast guard crews taking advantage of our warm winter weather to do some training - they drop a person into the ocean, then circle around and practice picking up that person - the helicopter comes to a hover over the guy in the water, another diver jumps in, "rescues" the previously dropped guy, the helicopter lowers a line and lifts the two guys out of the water. I have seen them doing this a number of times in a row for about 1 hour, then they return to their base, probably at Opa Locka.
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Old 02-27-2017, 05:58 PM
 
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They're small choppers. It probably is the https://tourhelicopter.com/welcome/ mentioned by roadtrip above. Probably my eyes are so bad I can't see the text on them. Just curious.

I was looking at the pics they posted on tripadvisor and many are aerial shots of this area, so I figure that's it.
Man they are doing a gangbusters business over the area with these little choppers.
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