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Trapper John
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That will be on Failblog before the end of the day, I bet.
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Jeanie
Pattern Altitude
That's really horrible. I feel for his family
Steve Foley
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dmccormack
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rottydaddy
En-Route
That stinks... and it could have happened with any aircraft, really.
jstro
Pre-takeoff checklist
That's very sad. I wonder to what extent he checked the weather before setting off or if he thought he'd just duck under it with the ultralight. It's hard to duck under fog.
TangoWhiskey
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The article uses the headline "Heroic Failure". That's sad... not how one wants to be remembered.
MadseasoN
Line Up and Wait
He was crossing a 40 mile stretch of open water.
From another article:
"The weather conditions were difficult, with dense fog. Visibility was almost nil. The naval helicopter pilot had to halt his search yesterday because visibility was down below 500 metres. He even had to use an emergency procedure to land because conditions were below the statutory minimum visibility for a normal landing."
From another article:
"The weather conditions were difficult, with dense fog. Visibility was almost nil. The naval helicopter pilot had to halt his search yesterday because visibility was down below 500 metres. He even had to use an emergency procedure to land because conditions were below the statutory minimum visibility for a normal landing."
steingar
Taxi to Parking
Gees, if a navy chopper has that much trouble how bad could it have been for the guy? Real shame, but moreso if we don't learn something from it. Leave the IMC stuff to the guys trained for it.
gismo
Touchdown! Greaser!
Fixed it for ya.