InvestorsHub Logo
Post# of 37856
Next 10
Followers 101
Posts 15344
Boards Moderated 3
Alias Born 12/06/2008

Re: pete807 post# 31343

Wednesday, 09/20/2017 1:51:45 PM

Wednesday, September 20, 2017 1:51:45 PM

Post# of 37856
Yeah, and Clapton himself was almost on that copter (shades of Waylon, right?)

The helicopter was too heavy to take off vertically out of ground effect, so they figured the pilot started forward to gain some translational lift and simply flew it into the ski hill. With the noise of the other copters, no one even knew the crash had happened.

I didn't know the pilot of the accident helicopter, but I knew two guys who piloted two of the other ones. It was kind of agonizing for those guys, but the bottom line is they should have called off the flights and told everyone they would have to drive to Chicago. They really had no business taking off in zero visibility, even IFR - it was the wrong decision.

Join the InvestorsHub Community

Register for free to join our community of investors and share your ideas. You will also get access to streaming quotes, interactive charts, trades, portfolio, live options flow and more tools.