Airborn Threats?

I live in a SOMEWHAT rural area... Still has neighborhoods and the like. Rather than a pot area, this area has many more meth labs and heroin junkies. I am planning on my first outdoor grow this coming Spring, and I have read that in some rural areas, police use airplanes and helicopters to detect cannabis plants.

Keep in mind that I am only growing a very small amount of plants; no more than 6 females, and mostly in brush/poison ivy, with many stickerbushes and tree shading. What are the protocols and risks of having airborn police units spot my grow? Or am I simply overreacting?

Unless they are huge or in a large patch, chances are LEO isn't going to be able to pick out a plant or 6 from the height they fly over.

while some states are worse than others if you know they look for it with helicopters in your area, would suggest you keep plants spaced out no more than 2-3 per spot and while surrounding vegetation helps it will do little to prevent it from being spotted from the air if a helicopter happens to fly over it at the right angle.
plants need alot of sun so unfortuanatly you cant really plant it in the shade of a tree.
most growers will not plant on their own land and while many plants are commonly destroyed without any charges ever being filed it isnt wise for you to grow it in your back yard were cultivation could easily be linked to you.
in cases were the patch may be larger leo does have the ability to set up cameras in an attempt of finding out who the cultivater is and to use the film as evidence against you in court have known a few who have been caught this way and really wouldnt consider non of them to be large patches being about 15 to 20 large female plants.

Ah, okay. I don't see any helicopters around my area much, no more than 2 time a year. Private piloted planes fly around, and there IS the guy with the fanmobile flying around. But chances are he has his own stash :D

Here is a picture of my plot. The thicket is VERY thick, and there is a great light source at an angle for about 6 hours per day in the morning, so it's great.

Get on google earth and use sattelite imaging to scout what areas look like from above.