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Tue Oct 7 20:26:06 BST 2008

And make sure that you pull some folks in from Ft  Rucker/Pensacola/Wright-Patterson, as short of actual combat losses, the  military programs (both MAST/MEDEVAC/DUSTOFF and Combat Search and Rescue  (C-SAR)) have shown that using 'heavy iron' (UH-1H/N/U/V) , UH/MH-60, CH-3,  CH/MH-47, and CH/MH-53) with full IFR (most with RADAR altimeters and since  the mid 1990's all with two or more engines) birds with two qualified  pilots plus back seat crew have had an admirable safety record, even when  handling missions that no civilian outfit is able to cope with.

And from the after action reviews of the only flight related incident that  was suffered by the DUSTOFF flight platoon at Ft. Sill, OK (4/507th Med Co)  during the 1980-83 time period that I spent with them, the folks out of Mother  Rucker (and the corresponding Navy/AF/CG types) will NOT be likely to accept a  whitewash....(Kudos to Instructor Pilot CW4 Lee Ross for making a safe landing  after a total hydraulic failure...what could have been a Class A incident  (destroyed aircraft and/or loss of life) was limited to a Class C (minimal  damage, fixable on site and flown home a couple of days later) situation.)

ck
Charles S. Krin, DO FAAFP

In a message dated 10/7/2008 13:13:12 Central Daylight Time, pbjorn at emh.org  writes:

So,  there's four.  All you had to do was ask.  Recruit three or  four
more of equal credibility, and you've got yourself a blue-ribbon  panel.

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