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To: gcparent
According to former pilot, Dietz, who flew that helicopter, Island Express had excellent maintenance record.

Yeah, well everybody is talking about "fog", but the video shows a catastrophic mechanical failure involving the tail rotor. So I wouldn't want to have been the last mechanic or company to have signed the maintenance logs. I remember what happened to Bill Simpson & Simpson Racing when Dale Earnhardt hit the wall at Daytona. He pretty much had to sit there an take the heat for NASCAR and Earnhardt's own decisions to modify his seats & harnesses.

90 posted on 01/27/2020 9:25:56 AM PST by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!))
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To: Tallguy

Apologies all around... the video of the helicopter was a social media fake. Another crash... not Bryant’s.


91 posted on 01/27/2020 9:31:18 AM PST by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!))
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