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Newscopters back on the air after frustrating restrictions

It took a deadly act of terrorism to knock the nation’s fleet of electronic newsgathering (ENG) helicopters out of the air and, ironically, it required ano

By Bill Wagstaff

May 29, 2008

It took a deadly act of terrorism to knock the nation’s fleet of electronic newsgathering (ENG) helicopters out of the air and, ironically, it required another disaster to restore many, if not all of them, to flight status. For helicopter users that make their living performing airborne journalism, the past four months have been the time for an uphill battle for one of the most visible (and controversial) of rotorcraft uses.

With the smoke still climbing skyward from the ruins of the World Trade Center and Pentagon on the afternoon of September 11, ENG helicopters, along with everything else with wings or rotors in U.S. airspace, were ordered to get on the ground and stay there. In the weeks to follow, however, nearly everything with wings and most things with rotors were eventually allowed to return to their revenue-generating routine.

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