Comments on: Busted! http://great-hikes.com/blog/busted/ Living and hiking on the island of Kauai Sun, 06 May 2012 18:32:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: joe/conshohocken,pa http://great-hikes.com/blog/busted/#comment-84290 joe/conshohocken,pa Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:31:52 +0000 http://great-hikes.com/blog/?p=144#comment-84290 Do these guys ever get cited? I realize it's a small permanent population and everyone knows everyone else and they are most likely "buds". Alot of money involved too. I was checking out Barking Sands on Earth and that is some serious real estate, can even see the missle silos. Awesome beaches! What's up with the airstrip, what flies outta there? Do these guys ever get cited? I
realize it’s a small permanent
population and everyone knows
everyone else and they are most
likely “buds”. Alot of money involved too.
I was checking out Barking Sands
on Earth and that is some serious real estate, can even see the missle silos. Awesome beaches! What’s up with the airstrip, what flies outta there?

]]> By: dan http://great-hikes.com/blog/busted/#comment-47204 dan Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:53:47 +0000 http://great-hikes.com/blog/?p=144#comment-47204 Definitely weren't assisting anyone. The guys landed, let off a passenger who appeared to go use the restroom. They then flew around in the valley for perhaps 20 minutes, and then landed a second time, to pick the passenger up. It appeared they were doing a flight-seeing tour, because we saw them flying extremely low in the valley earlier in the day. Possibly they were seeing if there was any damage from the flood? At any rate, the low flying helicopters were ridiculous. There were two other instances where they were within 75-100 feet of the trail or beach. Certainly there must be a ceiling they should fly at? Definitely weren’t assisting anyone. The guys landed, let off a passenger who appeared to go use the restroom. They then flew around in the valley for perhaps 20 minutes, and then landed a second time, to pick the passenger up.

It appeared they were doing a flight-seeing tour, because we saw them flying extremely low in the valley earlier in the day. Possibly they were seeing if there was any damage from the flood?

At any rate, the low flying helicopters were ridiculous. There were two other instances where they were within 75-100 feet of the trail or beach. Certainly there must be a ceiling they should fly at?

]]> By: Andy K http://great-hikes.com/blog/busted/#comment-47183 Andy K Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:17:13 +0000 http://great-hikes.com/blog/?p=144#comment-47183 The only helicopter issues I'm aware of in Kalalau is early morning (8am) flyovers that are loud enough to wake up campers--quite annoying. I hadn't heard of any landings before you reported it here. I do know that Inter-Island does rescue work for the county, and perhaps also maintenance flights for the state park service. So perhaps they were assisting someone, training for rescues, or doing some sort of cleanup. State park rangers have also been known to helicopter in to catch unpermitted campers and Kalalau valley "residents." The only helicopter issues I’m aware of in Kalalau is early morning (8am) flyovers that are loud enough to wake up campers–quite annoying. I hadn’t heard of any landings before you reported it here.

I do know that Inter-Island does rescue work for the county, and perhaps also maintenance flights for the state park service. So perhaps they were assisting someone, training for rescues, or doing some sort of cleanup.

State park rangers have also been known to helicopter in to catch unpermitted campers and Kalalau valley “residents.”

]]> By: dan http://great-hikes.com/blog/busted/#comment-46964 dan Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:04:41 +0000 http://great-hikes.com/blog/?p=144#comment-46964 i'm glad i found your blog here. i commented on another article i found via google, and then stumbled on to this topic as well. are there still issues with helicopters, and in particular, the kalalau? we were out there two weeks ago, and an inter-island helicopter landed on the beach twice, no more than 75 yards from where we were camping. those bastards should lose their permit or something. seems totally ridiculous. i’m glad i found your blog here. i commented on another article i found via google, and then stumbled on to this topic as well. are there still issues with helicopters, and in particular, the kalalau? we were out there two weeks ago, and an inter-island helicopter landed on the beach twice, no more than 75 yards from where we were camping.

those bastards should lose their permit or something. seems totally ridiculous.

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