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Sun, Feb 05, 2012

US, Australian filmmakers die in helicopter crash

SYDNEY (AP) — National Geographic says award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia. Police say an Australian helicopter pilot and his ...
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Sun, Feb 05, 2012

Police forces loses helicopter

SOUTH Yorkshire looks set to lose its own dedicated police helicopter after the Government ordered police forces to share choppers. South Yorkshire Police chiefs are against plans for a National Police Air Service (NPAS) which will see the county ...
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Retford Today

Sun, Feb 05, 2012

US, Australian filmmakers die in helicopter crash

SYDNEY (AP) — Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National Geographic said Sunday. Police said an Australian ...
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Sun, Feb 05, 2012

Mushroom Pickers OK After 6 Days Lost in OR Forest

Three mushroom pickers took refuge in a hollowed out tree after getting lost in an Oregon forest, fighting wintry chills for six days and drinking water from streams until a helicopter pilot spotted them. Belinda and Daniel Conne, along with their ...
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ABC News

Sun, Feb 05, 2012

Celebrated Filmmakers Killed in Australian Helicopter Crash

Two world-renowned filmmakers were killed in a helicopter crash in Australia on Saturday. Mike deGruy, a biologist and conservationist, and Andrew Wight, a pilot and underwater cave diver, were in Australia working with James Cameron and National ...
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Sun, Feb 05, 2012

Chopper crash victim was James Cameron's 'right-hand man'

Andrew Wight, pictured in 2010 with a screen grab of his movie, Sanctum, died in a helicopter crash on the New South Wales south coast. Photo: Wayne Taylor The writer-producer of the most successful Australian movie of 2011 was one of two men killed in ...
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Sydney Morning Herald

Sun, Feb 05, 2012

Ore. mushroom pickers found alive after 6 days

(AP) – A family of three huddled on the edge of an old-growth Oregon forest for six days, lost and cold, unable to signal search helicopters flying low and slow overhead. AP Belinda and Daniel Conne, both 47, were found injured but alive Saturday after ...
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USA TODAY

Sat, Feb 04, 2012

LifeSaver gets bigger, faster helicopter based in Rainbow City

LifeSaver helicopter ambulance has a new aircraft flying from its base in Rainbow City. The new helicopter, a Bell 407, can fly faster, farther and carry more weight than the previous one. By Lisa Rogers It still has the new-car smell.
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Sat, Feb 04, 2012

SB Filmmaker Mike DeGruy Killed in Helicopter Crash

By Matt Kettmann (Contact) Mike DeGruy, the internationally respected and unanimously liked documentarian of underwater nature films who called Santa Barbara home, died today in a helicopter crash in Australia today at just before 4 pm local time.
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Santa Barbara Independent

Sat, Feb 04, 2012

Kenya says hits rebel convoy with helicopter gunships

Colonel Cyrus Oguna said two helicopter gunships hit a convoy of al Shabaab in Dalayat village in southern Somalia on Friday evening, following intelligence that the fighters were planning to attack Kenyan forces in nearby Bhadhadhe.
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Sat, Feb 04, 2012

Humpback whales inspire better helicopter design

BELGIUM, Germany — The connection between humpback whales and helicopters might not seem obvious. But a group of researchers in Germany are thinking way outside-the-box, applying nature's design to helicopters to make them faster and more maneuverable.
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GlobalPost

Sat, Feb 04, 2012

Helicopter takes at least 1 to hospital after motorcycle crash

LANCASTER -- At least one person was taken by emergency medical helicopter to a hospital after a motorcycle struck the back of a car about 8:30 pm Friday on North Memorial Drive, just south of Pierce Avenue, Lancaster police said.
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Sat, Feb 04, 2012

Helicopter crash

Image Others < Prev of 3 Next > Helicopter crash TWO men killed in a fiery helicopter crash during take-off from an airstrip on the NSW south coast were heading to nearby Jervis Bay to film a documentary, says a man who witnessed the crash.
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Sat, Feb 04, 2012

Helicopter Unit Going Back To Afghanistan

Bravo Company 1-189th General Support Aviation Battalion is made up of 120 helicopter pilots, engineers and mechanics. While flying Chinook Helicopters in Afghanistan, they'll be performing several transportation missions, including troop and equipment ...
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Sat, Feb 04, 2012

Two men die in helicopter crash

Two men killed in a fiery helicopter crash during take-off from an airstrip on the NSW south coast were heading to nearby Jervis Bay to film a documentary, says a man who witnessed the crash. David Bennett, president of the South Coast Recreational ...
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Sat, Feb 04, 2012

Helicopter Above the State Streets in Concord (off Pine Hollow Road)

A helicopter is circling above the State Streets in Concord, which is off Ygnacio Valley Road & Pine Hollow. Officers are apparently looking for about 8-10 people at Highlands Elementary. We'll post more as soon as we get more information.
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Sat, Feb 04, 2012

Two men die in helicopter crash

The small helicopter carrying two men crashed at an airstrip in Jaspers Brush about 3.55pm (AEDT) on Saturday, police said. The helicopter was on fire when emergency services personnel arrived. The two men on board died at the scene.
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Fri, Feb 03, 2012

Boy, 16, Accused Of Pointing Laser At SDPD Helicopter

SAN DIEGO -- A 16-year-old boy was taken into custody after allegedly pointing a laser at a police helicopter twice last month, the San Diego Police Department announced. According to the SDPD, pilots in the department's ABLE helicopter were on patrol ...
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Fri, Feb 03, 2012

Helicopter used to lift air conditioning units

A crew member hangs out of the window of a helicopter used Friday morning to lift air conditioning units to the top of the old Orpheum Theater in downtown Hannibal. By DANNY HENLEY A helicopter was brought in Friday morning by Peters Heating and Air ...
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Fri, Feb 03, 2012

Special Forces seek help to halt deadly helicopter crashes

A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter lands to pick up US Special Operations Forces at the end of a clearing operation in Babakashan province, Afghanistan, on Sept. 13, 2011. By Jeremy Hsu Deadly helicopter crashes have killed dozens of US Special Forces ...
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