2 Cobra pilots died yesterday...

[Nesher 628]

they lost their tail rotor and dropped to the ground

fire from the crash caused to a blast and secondaries due the ammo onboard...

happened near Giniger kibbutz in the Yizrael valley

 

may they RIP.

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Edited September 11, 2008 by Nesher

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[Nesher 628]

just saw tonight in the news, 1 of the pilots

Major Shay Denor was a father of 5, age 35... really sad thing :(

 

for some reason there is no info about the second pilot, i guess it's classified..

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Yeah, heard about it all day over the radio. sad.

 

RIP.

 

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[Nesher 628]

Time to retire those birds. Lost 2 people from my unit during a test flight. The E-4 was a member of maintenance platoon onboard for a joyride. His wife was pregnant with their first child. Damn shame.

 

Top of the list...last active army deaths in the AH-1

 

http://www.armyaircrews.com/cobra.html

 

real damn shame... my deepest sympathies man!

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Damn thats sad. May they rest in peace.