Posted on 01/30/2025 11:20:14 AM PST by Red Badger
330 - 180 = 150.............
Sec. Hegseth apparently said it was Continuity of Government (COG) training, which might explain why they flying where they wrre.
All I know his he had dandruff... they found his head and shoulders in the Potomic
I doubt it.
>>Names of the helicopter victims?
The crew chief of the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly mid-air collision with an American Airlines flight has been identified as a father-of-one.
Ryan O’Hara from Georgia was on board the doomed UH-60 helicopter that hit the regional jet and then plunged into the Potomac River on Wednesday night.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14343039/black-hawk-helicopter-call-sign-dc-plane-crash.html
Doomed Black Hawk helicopter’s call sign sparks fresh mystery following DC plane crash
Full list of DC plane crash victims: All the people confirmed dead in Washington’s Reagan Airport tragedy
Hiring is easier when merit is not your number one requirement.
What has occurred to you has occurred to others.
Simulators are no substitute for the real thing. All military aircraft transit from home base to training areas. Helos are no different and fly in, around and through terminal control areas on a routine basis without incident. Prior to entering, crews get permission and generally follow directions to safely enter and exit the area. This flight was obviously fouled up and ended tragically.
That was never drillled into me during my career. What is drilled into all pilots regardless of airframe is to be responsible for the safe and orderly conduct of the flight. If on an IFR flight plan, fly the plan, check in with ATC, follow instructions and practice good see and avoid techniques. If on a VFR plan, fly the plan, check in with ATC, follow instructions and practice good see and avoid techniques. ATC will prioritize IFR flights over VFR flights, but will treat each flight with the same precautions.
All military helos have radar altimeters. Unfortunately at night over water, there is no such thing as good depth perception until it’s too late. More than one helo has bounced off the water due to inattentive pilots.
Back in 1975, while posted to the USMC Orienteering Team based at Quantico, I flew a bit with HMX-1, the Presidential helicopter squadron which also provided helo support for operations at Quantico.
One flight was as co-pilot for a Presidential pilot to take spare parts to the “White Top” (Presidential) VH-3 helos at the Anacostia Air Station. We were flying a Sikorsky CH-53D.
The aircraft commander asked me if I’d like to see the “Special VFR” route around DC.
“Sure!”
The “Special VFR” route around DC went up the Potomac River to the Beltway then around the Beltway to Anacostia. We contacted ATC and were cleared, but restricted to no higher than 200 feet AGL when transiting past DCA (Washington National Airport).
So we buzzed up the Potomac at 200ft AGL, past the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials (looking in at Abe at eye level), hopping bridges. Legally!
Yeeeehaaaa!
Why the Army UH-60 was at 400 feet AGL is a mystery.
So yes, it was training for extraction of pentagon brass.
“I wonder what the helicopter pilot’s name was. “
Fox showed him and gave his name. Ryan somebody. A good looking non-DEI young man.
This piolet was there. Every accident is different.... another opinion
I noted a new video today taken from a side angle which appears to show the helo approaching the jet from behind and crashing into it. I realize the video is two dimentional but it sure looks like the helo should have seen the jet and changed course.
And NOD is...?
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A NOD is as good as wink to a blind bat.
“IT happened at 9 PM.”
That was my point. If they waited to conduct the helicopter training flights until 11 p.m., there would have been no activity at the airport (at least nothing scheduled).
That's an easy one to answer. Doing the military training at night would cause undue noise for your ruling elite. At 9 PM when this happened, they were just getting a start on their drinking and partying.
It is and probably the most controlled airspace in the USA. I fear this one is mostly on the airtraffic controller and partially on the chopper pilots.
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