N29HD — live tracking every few seconds while it is in the air, and who this aircraft is the rest of the time.
Backup AIR7 airframe for KABC Channel 7, flown when N71HD is in maintenance. Same livery, same crews, same operations — the AIR7 brand carries across all three KABC tails (N71HD primary, N29HD backup, N828AP newscopter alternate).
We have recorded AIR7 (backup) over 230 neighborhoods across Southern California, 1571 passes in all — most recently over Lake Balboa on 16 October.
Counted from this site's own observations of the public ADS-B feed, not from a flight plan — a pass is a visit we watched, and the list is what we have seen, not everywhere this aircraft has been.
Our record ties AIR7 (backup) to 16 scenes, the 8 most recent below.
This record starts on 10 August and only includes scenes GTLA opened a page for — most of them opened automatically, when our tracking saw helicopters gather over one spot or follow a chase — so it is not a complete history of where this aircraft has flown.
See what is flying directly over your own neighborhood at /here. GTLA AirWatch is an independent tracker; the broadcasters and agencies named on this page are not affiliated with GTLA.
The portrait of AIR7 (backup) is an AI-generated fleet illustration, made from photographs of the real aircraft; markings follow the photographed livery. KABC · Helinet is not affiliated with GTLA.