My new instructor mentioned this Saturday. This is my former instructor:
June 27, 2005, 10:44 AM
LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) -- A helicopter pilot and passenger are counting their blessings after the chopper crashed into the Lake of the Ozarks.
It happened Saturday near Lake Ozark. A helicopter owned by Midwest Helicopter of Chesterfield was piloted by Benjamin Molyneux, 29, of Long Grove, Ill. Passenger James Russell, 54, of Kemah, Texas, was shooting photos for promotional use, Missouri State Water Patrol Sgt. Ralph Bledsoe said Monday.
"They were getting down close to take pictures of boats and stuff and just got too close," Bledsoe said.
Neither man was injured, but the Robinson R-22 helicopter sank in about 55 feet of water.