Mitch Hyde took me Marshall and Hoot to this helicopter crash site above Joyce Kilmer parking area recently. This one is a mystery to me. The NTSB has no record of it crashing. Marshall McClung thinks it went down in May or June of 1962. I do not think it crashed here. Why? No glass! This is a Bell 47...like the helicopters used on MASH tv show. This pilot was contracted by the USFS to spray for the Elm Worm in the watershed. We found the cockpit area (photo above) but no frame, engine, rotors or the big glass bubble these are known for. We did confirm that this was the helicopter that crashed in this area spraying for the pest because we also found the spray nozzle!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Helicopter on Adamscamp Branch
Mitch Hyde took me Marshall and Hoot to this helicopter crash site above Joyce Kilmer parking area recently. This one is a mystery to me. The NTSB has no record of it crashing. Marshall McClung thinks it went down in May or June of 1962. I do not think it crashed here. Why? No glass! This is a Bell 47...like the helicopters used on MASH tv show. This pilot was contracted by the USFS to spray for the Elm Worm in the watershed. We found the cockpit area (photo above) but no frame, engine, rotors or the big glass bubble these are known for. We did confirm that this was the helicopter that crashed in this area spraying for the pest because we also found the spray nozzle!
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