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Ak troopers and Helo-1 down

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Sun Mar 31, 2013 3:53 pm

Ak troopers and Helo-1 down

Sad stuff

http://www.ktuu.com/news/alaska-state-t ... 0332.story
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Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:22 am

Re: Ak troopers and Helo-1 down

Sad indeed, sounds like the WX wasn't the best.
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Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:03 pm

Re: Ak troopers and Helo-1 down

More info. Mel had done a hell of a lot of Alaska flying in that A-Star and I have worked with him more than a few times.

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/2 ... pter-crash
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Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:17 pm

Re: Ak troopers and Helo-1 down

That normal? Taking a single-pilot VFR A-Star into the bush on a black night with crap weather? Most AWSAR would have NVG, stabilized auto hover, full-IFR. Or wait for morning. Though I guess there was a lot of moon that night - not that it would help in tough weather. You do the same with airplanes in Alaska?
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Tue Apr 02, 2013 5:16 pm

Re: Ak troopers and Helo-1 down

Condolences to the families.
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