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Johnny2X2X

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11. Coworker was a Blackhawk pilot

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 04:43 PM

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He flew out of Lansing MI, or near there in the Army reserve. Several years ago he calls up our boss who lived in Caledonia and said, “Hey, look outside your house and look up.” Sure enough he was above his house in a Blackhawk.

Not sure how off the flight plan his house was, could have been right near where they were going past. Or maybe he was just supposed to go log some hours. But I think he stayed a few hundred feet above the ground.

2 of them though flying ground level seems dangerous and a violation of air rules.

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