While planes operate in heavily regulated paths, how come helicopters travel as they please without collision risk, e.g. copter cams following a car chase?
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There have been some tragic accidents from helicopter collisions while covering traffic or other live news stories.
Amusing, to me, story about the space above class A which is 60,000 feet and higher. As very little flies that high that space is also uncontrolled.
So one time an air traffic controller hears the following “Aspen 23 requesting flight level 600.” [Meaning 60,000 feet].
He replied “if you can get that high you can have it.“
The pilot replied “Descending to to FL 600.”
The air traffic controller had forgotten that Aspen is the call sign that is generally used by the SR 71s.
Now is this true? I have no idea. But there are several amusing SR 71 stories around.
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