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Helicopter Struck by Suspected Drunk Driver Near Gallup
KOB ^ | October 24, 2016 | Kenneth Mahan

Posted on 10/25/2016 1:29:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway

Wow, that’s drunk.


21 posted on 10/25/2016 3:47:55 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: nickcarraway

Well, that’ll take care of his deductible.


22 posted on 10/25/2016 3:53:15 PM PDT by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Did this happen on the old Highway 666?


23 posted on 10/25/2016 4:11:34 PM PDT by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: ameribbean expat
What’s the difference between DWI and “aggravated” DWI?

Drunk vs. Really Drunk. I think aggravated is twice the limit or more.

24 posted on 10/25/2016 4:12:27 PM PDT by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Somehow, I don’t think it was quite like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1gBq45CkgI


25 posted on 10/25/2016 4:49:25 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Disambiguator

40, but they’ve re-numbered 666 since folks were stealing all the signs.


26 posted on 10/25/2016 4:55:16 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: dirtboy

Helicopters are a bad bet in NM. We had a guy shoot down a Sheriff’s department chopper in Albuquerque, the police dept. had two guys get disciplined for landing at Krispy Kreme, a UNM Medivac crashed on their own roof, and a State Police copter crashed during a rescue north of Santa Fe a number of years ago.


27 posted on 10/25/2016 4:58:18 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Chode

It looks like an AS350. There are a number of air ambulance services that operate this type.


28 posted on 10/25/2016 5:00:12 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Yeah, like you said, only in NM. The only state in the Republic where my wife doesn’t seem crazier than the average bear.


29 posted on 10/25/2016 5:00:37 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

She fits right in, probably an asset to the population in general.


30 posted on 10/25/2016 5:02:55 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I will give her credit. She went for her annual trek to a bar a few weeks ago and was whooping it up for Trump - and the locals in Taos at the bar largely said they were voting for the Donald as well. That’s saying something.


31 posted on 10/25/2016 5:04:50 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

Taos is Baja Sedona. But I think the Nortenos will largely be pulling the lever for Trump because they are pissed at what the fedgov has been doing to their historic rights of access to federal lands up that way.


32 posted on 10/25/2016 5:07:21 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Army Air Corps
smaller than a Jet Ranger which is about the smallest i'd think practicable for medivac, and the patient takes up the copilot space which doesn't make for the best inflight e-medicine

MBB's are the local standard

33 posted on 10/25/2016 5:15:58 PM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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To: Chode

The AS350s are usually used for short hops around here and they are usually in the stable of the small operators. The “Big Boys” around here operate the EC135 or Bell 407.


34 posted on 10/25/2016 5:34:35 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: ameribbean expat

“What’s the difference between DWI and “aggravated” DWI?”

.16 BAC or above, refusal to take BAC test, or caused bodily injury while DWI
~NMDPS website


35 posted on 10/25/2016 5:42:02 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: Army Air Corps
yup, much more suited to inflight care
36 posted on 10/25/2016 5:56:00 PM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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To: nickcarraway

The insurance office call must be thinking a car helicopter accident is a joke....


37 posted on 10/25/2016 6:01:41 PM PDT by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The RELIGION of Pedophilia...)
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To: Chode

One of the operators in this area once used the BK117, and that was a beast.


38 posted on 10/25/2016 6:18:58 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps
that be it... i see them come and go from work
39 posted on 10/25/2016 6:23:54 PM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
40, but they’ve re-numbered 666 since folks were stealing all the signs.

I think there were other reasons, too, that should be pretty obvious.

That number should not have been used on a North/South route, as they are odd numbered, like the current 491 designation on that road.

40 posted on 10/25/2016 7:49:13 PM PDT by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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