Carson Helicopters (Perkasie - SEPA)

[royldean]

For a couple of days this week, a Carson Helicopter has been circling over my house (I guess for testing or something). Verified via ADS-B, but I went searching for frequencies in hope to listen in on whatever testing they were doing, but couldn't find anything. I did find one airband license that was expired, however. Anybody know anything about them?

 

[trentbob]

You can certainly try 123.025, that is the helicopter Unicom umbrella frequency for Philadelphia and surrounding areas. All Choppers announce their location and intentions.

If you did find a Aviation frequency in their name, just because it's expired doesn't mean they don't use it LOL.

I would think searching the aviation band you would have to come up with something being that the chopper is close to you and you're certainly going to hear a transmission stand out loud and clear.

Then again the company could be using a frequency that's not even an aviation frequency.

 

[trap5858]

They often use unicom- I hear them sometimes when they take off or land as their shop is in the Doylestown airport flight path.

 

[royldean]

I had no idea they were even there. After watching this large helicopter circle the area, I got the idea that maybe one of the ADS-B websites could help me identify it, and sure enough there it was. A quick look up of the tail number led me to Carson. I guess they are a specialty manufacturer (they claim that Marine-1's rotors are their design - allow for better fuel economy, more lifting capacity, higher speeds).

The expired license on the FCC site is not for a frequency (from what I can see), it's just a call sign. I'm not sure how that works, though (I thought all aircraft were "licensed" as soon as they received an FAA tail number).

 

[Mark]

Nice bright yellow UH-60A N116A on their web page
Seems a checkered past due to a couple bad egg employees there.

Carson Helicopters - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[trap5858]

They specialize in heavy lift helicopters. They often buy surplus military aircraft and rebuild in with a stronger airframe and on board winch equipment.