Comments on: Channels 4, 5, and 11 Ground Their Choppers

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:42:09 +0000

Grounding the choppers means they won’t be doing traffic updates all day long. If something huge were to happen, you better believe they’re not going to sit idly by while Channel 8 gets the scoop.

By: Lil F

Lil F — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:18:16 +0000

it makes sense, why have all choppers shooting the same video?

By: Geronimo

Geronimo — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:25:42 +0000

P. Tane, sounds like a great idea but which one of the weather girls will they allow in the air? Maybe there could be a televised cage fight each morning at 5:00 a.m….”Today’s weather is brought to you by Jennifer Lopez courtesy of a punch to the solarplexis”

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:35:53 +0000

>Or they could strap remote cameras to some trained pigeons and see what happens.

I thought that’s what TxDOT uses.

By: Puddin'Tane

Puddin'Tane — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:13:10 +0000

These channels could join forces, pool money and own one helicopter together…kinda like a time share in the sky.

Or they could strap remote cameras to some trained pigeons and see what happens.

By: Don in Austin

Don in Austin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:53:35 +0000

Seems like a subcontracting opportunity. Sell the same footage to all local networks. Freelance helicopter journalism. Or install cameras in the radio traffic copters.

By: Kristal

Kristal — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:54:02 +0000

These expensive “toys” will be sorely missed during the next catastrophe…..flood, hurricane, tornado, etc.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:33:07 +0000

I’m sure Sheriff John Bunnell(retired) just must be at a loss for words. Where will Spike! and TruTV find chase footage now for their Worlds Most ________ Criminals shows. DFW always has the best, craziest chases.

Ol’ Sheriff John will have to go back to catching bad guys on COPS by delivering fake big screen TV’s or luring burglars into Honey Pot 18 wheeler trailers.

By: El Rey

El Rey — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:46:42 +0000

I would like to suggest those Predator drones they are using in Iraq and Afghanistan. They provide a cost effective bird’s eye view and the addition of a Hellfire missile to a car chase would be awesome!

[Disclaimer: El Rey has intimate familiarity with said missile and can talk about it for hours if given a tumbler of Glenrothes on ice...]

By: Brian Barnaud

Brian Barnaud — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:38:28 +0000

Chip was on board one of these choppers for a bit. They are kinda toys, but cheap, safe and silent. The problem now is, Channel 4 and others have nothing to show during traffic or news. watching the poor cameras from txdot or the towers really dosnt work. If these guys really want to pretend to cover the whole north Texas area for the broadcast, they need to think about covering the news using some money.