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Boston Area Helicopters

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News Helicopters

Tail NumberNetwork/StationBased At
N38BZWBZ 4Beverly
N617TVWCVB 5Norwood
N55SLWHDH 7Beverly
N8369FMetro Networks (traffic, h/t SNE)Beverly
N1231A (“AS50”)NBC 10 Boston, often hidden/blockedNorwood?

Medical Helicopters

Tail NumberDesignationBased At
N141NEBoston Medflight – “Med 1”
N143NEBoston Medflight – Med 3?
N144NEBoston Medflight – Med 4?
N145NEBoston Medflight – Med 5?
N273NEBoston Medflight – Med 13?
N335DHDHART 1Lebanon, NH
N835DHDHART 2Manchester, NH
N901WMLifeFlight of Maine
N982LFUMass/Worcester Life FlightWorcester (UMass Memorial)
N145HHHartford Hospital – Life Star 1Hartford, CT
N146HHHartford Hospital – Life Star 2Hartford, CT

State Police Helicopters

There’s a neat background here I learned over on the Scan New England forums. An MSP helicopter crashed in 1995 over Cambridge, killing all four occupants, consisting of two Troopers and two AT&T techs. The last two letters of each of the contemporary helicopters’ tail numbers honor them: Troopers Paul Perry (PP) and James Mattaliano (JM), and technicians Arthur Howell (AH) and Michael McCarthy (MM).

Tail NumberDesignationBased At?
N822PPMSP Airwing
N823JMMSP Airwing
N824AHMSP Airwing
N825MMMSP Airwing