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LIVE Black Hawk co-pilot was woman who was being evaluated at time of DC plane crash: Live updates
https://www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | Jan 31, 2025

Posted on 01/31/2025 5:25:59 AM PST by 11th_VA

The co-pilot of the Black Hawk that crashed into a passenger plane in DC , killing everyone on board in both aircraft, was a woman who was being evaluated.

The female pilot has not been named but Fox News reported it was a woman with 500 hours of flying of experience, which is considered a 'normal' amount...

Army chopper may have been flying higher than approved

The Black Hawk involved in the crash appears to have been flying too high and outside its approved flight path during the tragedy on Wednesday, The New York Times reported.

The chopper was reportedly supposed to be flying in a different location and lower to the ground - no higher than 200 feet - when it hit the passenger jet.

It was reportedly flying at above 300 feet instead, and about a half-mile off the approved route when it hit the jet.

The pilot in charge of the Army chopper confirmed vidual sight of the American Airlines plane, and air traffic control told him to follow the route and stay behind the plane.

But the pilot did not follow the intended route, people briefed on the matter told the NYT.…

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackhawk; copilot; dcaircrash; dccrash; dcplanecrash; reagannational
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half-mile off the approved route when it hit the jet.

Just sayin …

1 posted on 01/31/2025 5:25:59 AM PST by 11th_VA
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“LIVE Black Hawk co-pilot was woman who was being evaluated at time of DC plane crash: Live updates”

Anyone know what the term “evaluated” means in the LGBT community? It must mean something different, as everything else means something different.


2 posted on 01/31/2025 5:27:52 AM PST by BobL
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To: 11th_VA

1/2 mile off route.

Weather & visibility was clear.


3 posted on 01/31/2025 5:28:18 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: 11th_VA
The female pilot has not been named ...
The pilot in charge of the Army chopper confirmed vidual sight of the American Airlines plane, and air traffic control told him to follow the route and stay behind the plane.

Somebody is being mis-gendered.

4 posted on 01/31/2025 5:28:29 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: 11th_VA

It was reported yesterday that it was a “proficiency test” flight. The pilot had 1,500 hours in that type of aircraft, the copilot 500.


5 posted on 01/31/2025 5:29:13 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
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To: BobL

It was a transgender. Wasnt a “she”. Reported on other outlets


6 posted on 01/31/2025 5:30:54 AM PST by Babsig
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To: ClearCase_guy

No.

Pilot was male.
CO-Pilot was female.

We don’t need to look for trannies behind every blade of grass. (I can understand the tendency to do so, though)


7 posted on 01/31/2025 5:31:20 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
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To: 11th_VA

This thread is FUBAR


8 posted on 01/31/2025 5:31:41 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: ClearCase_guy

If the pilot was trans and was just given their papers to leave piloting, I could see why this happened.


9 posted on 01/31/2025 5:31:42 AM PST by struggle
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
That's ok. Trump was so pissed he issued an EO on DEI this AM. As for the rumored pilot:


10 posted on 01/31/2025 5:35:26 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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To: 11th_VA

I’m not sure about the pilot and co-pilot’s identifications. All I know is on X liberals kept using an identification of a white officer with his picture labeled as the “crew chief” of the black hawk and demanding that’s the proof it’s not DEI. However, why would only one name be released and the pilot’s withheld?

Also, there is a MUCH clearer video circulating on X right now. Either absolutely incompetence on part of the black hawk at best, or intentional at worst, from that video.


11 posted on 01/31/2025 5:36:24 AM PST by Billie Bud
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This hasn’t been confirmed.


12 posted on 01/31/2025 5:36:36 AM PST by bwest
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To: 11th_VA

This stuff is getting out of hand...Here in FR there are 101 different reasons for the crash...


13 posted on 01/31/2025 5:37:34 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Col Frank Slade
The pilot in charge of the Army chopper confirmed vi[s]ual sight of the American Airlines plane, and air
traffic control told him to follow the route and stay behind the plane.

No, that was not at all certain, what with the sloppy and ad hoc phraseology employed between pilot and
controller.

The FAA Order 7110.65 delineates the correct verbiage to be used with "visual separation" and the exchange between the
two actors isn't even close.

14 posted on 01/31/2025 5:38:23 AM PST by Thommas (The snout of the camel is already under the tent.)
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If the Blackhawk was 1/2 mile off their approved route, and on an intersection course with a jetliner, they should have been getting screamed at by ATC.


15 posted on 01/31/2025 5:38:25 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

This isn’t the only thread.


16 posted on 01/31/2025 5:38:41 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

There is a trannie helicopter pilot who is very negative about trump but she/he has said she was not involved on facebook


17 posted on 01/31/2025 5:38:51 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: BobL; All

https://www.smerconish.com/exclusive-content/living-to-serve-living-as-myself-a-transgender-service-members-perspective/

January 28, 2025
Jo Ellis

In 2020, as a Staff Sergeant, I applied and was accepted into the Army’s Warrant Officer Flight Training program. I completed Warrant Officer Candidate School, SERE School (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape), and the UH60 Black Hawk helicopter course. During the Pandemic and flight training, I realized that I had repressed my gender dysphoria symptoms and was finally at a point in my life and career where I could face them. I sought therapy and learned what options were available. I returned home from flight school and flew with my unit for a year before taking next steps. After much counseling and discussion with my spouse, we agreed that for my health I needed to take steps towards transition.


18 posted on 01/31/2025 5:41:50 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: DCBryan1

The EO on DEI in the FAA was issued a week ago before the crash, not this morning.


19 posted on 01/31/2025 5:41:52 AM PST by yldstrk
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To: Billie Bud

Link to the video?


20 posted on 01/31/2025 5:42:35 AM PST by yldstrk
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