Mission:

This web page has been created on behalf of people in Helen, Georgia, Robertstown, Georgia, and elsewhere who have been the hapless victims of the noise pollution and invasion of privacy that is a standard byproduct of helicopter tour businesses like the one recently established in Helen. The goal is to voice grievances and to educate the public about the dark side of the helicopter thrill-ride industry. People who live in the Helen flight path, and other flight paths in other communities similarly afflicted, endure constant, low over-flights, which continue not only during the day but late into the evening. To fly a helicopter right over people's houses over and over again would be considered stalking or harassment. To do it for profit should be illegal. It could happen to you!

Why is this not illegal? Because Legislators and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have not yet made it illegal. Citizens all around the country are fighting this problem, and when enough people learn about this threat to everyone's quality of life, legislators and the FAA will do something about the problem. As it stands, the few helicopter tour operators have organized themselves—as the Helicopter Tour Operators Committee, under the Helicopter Association International, as well as the USATA (United States Air Tour Association)—to lobby and pressure the FAA not to act, while the many people who suffer the consequences of the FAA's inaction remain unorganized and thus disenfranchised. People are beginning to speak out to right what is wrong, and we need your help. If your home is not yet buzzed by a low flying helicopter 40 times a day, please realize that it can be at any time if laws are not put in place to stop it. Our mission is to help citizens of Helen, Georgia, surrounding communities, and elsewhere restore the peace and protect themselves from this kind of nuisance and intrusion.