Designer of Mosquito kit helicopters killed in crash near Calgary AB
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Designer of Mosquito kit helicopters killed in crash near Calgary AB
John Uptigrove killed in Mosquito XE285 crash near Okotoks, Alberta
https://globalnews.ca/news/4333227/p...st-of-calgary/
https://globalnews.ca/news/4333227/p...st-of-calgary/
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Sad news. His helicopter design has a good safety record .
(Rumor of a wirestrike) so I went on Google earth and found there is a single wire crosses the river in that area , and the poles are hard to see among the trees.
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Having airsprayed in Alberta I can say there are wires everywhere. Sometimes you will find a powerline running diagonally across a field where you would not expect it. You really have to drive around the area to be sprayed before you start flying.
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