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Blackhawk / CRJ-700 Midair
- Thread starter Meyerkord
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Where else would the helicopters go?
Between USMC, USA, USAF VIP birds, USCG and CBP enforcing the ADIZ, and multiple federal, state, and local LE agencies, there are a lot of birds and only so many routes not over population—basically the major highways and the river.
I’m willing to bet a dollar that I-295 becomes the new corridor. I can afford a dollar.
And now, you can get to IAD on the Silver Line - super easy as well 👍🏻
Sure, but how long does that take from downtown?
.8 to 1.0 from downtown. .3 from my station in Ashburn 😁
Metro? That’s in days, right?
Turns out one of the Blackhawk pilots was a prior enlisted TACAMO AWV. He was well before my time but many of the senior officers and enlisted I spoke to had nothing but great things to say. RIP to one of our own.
His wife has publicly posted and made known that her husband was one of the Blackhawk pilots lost in the crash, hence me posting this.
His wife has publicly posted and made known that her husband was one of the Blackhawk pilots lost in the crash, hence me posting this.
Sigh
One account wrote,: “So now that the pilot of the Blackhawk has been identified as Jo Ellis, a transgender woman, can we admit Trump was right about the entire thing, or is it too soon?”
I can understand why the family of the other pilot, a female, does not want her name released.
Just stupid.
Yeah, the dude was awesome. Did a bunch of trips with him… Really fucking sad.
A news article read on NewsMax stated that the -60 was on NVGs. I've not seen this anywhere since.
One undisputed fact is that they were above the 200' max altitude on Route 4 when north of the Wilson Bridge.
My thoughts are focused at evaluating a) the impact on visual identification of conflict aircraft due to NVG light source volume/saturation, b) combined with incomplete conflict aircraft call out ("CRJ" vs "CRJ at 11 o'clock"), and c)combined with ~200' above max route altitude.
I am looking at this as a prior DOSS who was part of the investigation team for two Class-A mishaps.
No where do I look for blame, rather causal factors.
One thing I often say to myself while gathering facts and developing causal factors is "How could this have happened to me?", never "I wouldn't have done that."
One undisputed fact is that they were above the 200' max altitude on Route 4 when north of the Wilson Bridge.
My thoughts are focused at evaluating a) the impact on visual identification of conflict aircraft due to NVG light source volume/saturation, b) combined with incomplete conflict aircraft call out ("CRJ" vs "CRJ at 11 o'clock"), and c)combined with ~200' above max route altitude.
I am looking at this as a prior DOSS who was part of the investigation team for two Class-A mishaps.
No where do I look for blame, rather causal factors.
One thing I often say to myself while gathering facts and developing causal factors is "How could this have happened to me?", never "I wouldn't have done that."
Do we know they were flying this specific route?
Yes, it is the only helo route through there.
