Horrific Crash in DC last night! Airliner and helicopter!

[Mark]

I read on Twitter this morning (I believe it was a post by Charlie Kirk) that the helicopter pilot was a woman with 500 hours of flight time...

Is 500 hours considered to be adequate experience to be flying that mission? I don't know the answer.

That post I saw on Twitter was not from Charlie Kirk. It was from something called Leading Report.

Two of the crew members have been identified as Ryan O'Hara and Andrew Eaves. The third crew member has not been identified at the request of the family.

Whoever was on that Black Hawk, it appears that somebody really screwed up by flying it higher than they were permitted to fly it.

[GRANDPA]

That attachment says it's a New York crew from a 2021 crash.

Yeah, I see that now. I'm suffering from the flu & probably needed a nap. I requested the admin, if we have one, to delete it.

[GFB]

That attachment says it's a New York crew from a 2021 crash.

I think it was the plane..not a female pilot..female co-pilot.

[GFB]

I read on Twitter this morning (I believe it was a post by Charlie Kirk) that the helicopter pilot was a woman with 500 hours of flight time...

Is 500 hours considered to be adequate experience to be flying that mission? I don't know the answer.

That post I saw on Twitter was not from Charlie Kirk. It was from something called Leading Report.

Two of the crew members have been identified as Ryan O'Hara and Andrew Eaves. The third crew member has not been identified at the request of the family.

Whoever was on that Black Hawk, it appears that somebody really screwed up by flying it higher than they were permitted to fly it.

You were right, there was a female pilot aboard the helicopter.

No one wants to talk about it.

How cheesey..we know the men, why don’t we know the female pilot aboard.

[jellowrestling]

I read on Twitter this morning (I believe it was a post by Charlie Kirk) that the helicopter pilot was a woman with 500 hours of flight time...

Is 500 hours considered to be adequate experience to be flying that mission? I don't know the answer.

That post I saw on Twitter was not from Charlie Kirk. It was from something called Leading Report.

Two of the crew members have been identified as Ryan O'Hara and Andrew Eaves. The third crew member has not been identified at the request of the family.

Whoever was on that Black Hawk, it appears that somebody really screwed up by flying it higher than they were permitted to fly it.

You were right, there was a female pilot aboard the helicopter.

No one wants to talk about it.

How cheesey..we know the men, why don’t we know the female pilot aboard.

We all know why.

[Mark]

Speaking of the flu...


We cared for our granddaughter earlier this week. My wife took her to the clinic, and they said she had the flu. Her symptoms were much like what I've been experiencing for the past six weeks. I'm now wondering if I haven't been dealing with the flu.

Those symptoms: Cough, drainage, constant aching in the neck and shoulders, fever, tired all the time.

I never really had the fever that I'm aware of, but I had that other stuff. I lost my voice twice during that time.

[GRANDPA]

Blackhawk pilot is now publicly identified as Capt. Rebecca Lobach from Durhan, NC.

https://www.wral.com/story/durham-woman ... /21838052/

[Mark]

It appears that Lobach has spent the past four years working as an aide in the Biden White House.

[planosteve]

They can't remove all of the bodies from the plane until it is pulled out of the water. So, that will probably happen Sat night.