280 Miracle in the Mountains: Heroic Rescue by Alaska Air National Guard
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🗓️ 22 June 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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280 Miracle in the Mountains: Heroic Rescue by Alaska Air National Guard
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280 Max talks with LtCol Zerkel and Capt Phillips of the Alaska Air National Guard, who were part of a heroic effort to rescue two NY pilots who crashed a Cessna 182 in high in the mountains. The pilots spent 36 hours waiting to be rescued. At the same time, the Guard was trying to extract 12 mountain climbers and their rescuers who were stuck on a nearby mountain due to high winds.
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| 0:00.0 | I don't know these particular pilots experience. |
| 0:05.0 | I think everybody should come up to Alaska and fly. |
| 0:08.0 | It's an incredible place to fly. |
| 0:10.0 | So the only thing I would suggest is before launching on a cross-country trip, |
| 0:18.0 | maybe try and interact with some of the local pilots, talk about some of the |
| 0:23.6 | passes and ask questions about it. What weather should I not continue on? |
| 0:28.8 | That's Lieutenant Colonel Zirkle of the Alaska Air National Guard. |
| 0:32.8 | Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk where we talk at General Aviation, |
| 0:36.6 | with relevant news and flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe. I'm Max Truscott. |
| 0:41.7 | Today we're talking with members of the Alaska Air National Guard, who became involved in rescue |
| 0:46.6 | attempts after a Cessna 182 crashed on a glacier in a remote part of Alaska. The two pilots on board, |
| 0:54.0 | who were visiting from upstate New York, crashed on the first leg |
| 0:57.0 | of their return trip home along a route which they chose to fly that put them over |
| 1:02.0 | high mountain peaks for hours at a time. |
| 1:05.0 | Last week in episode 279, we talked about an experienced airline pilot who crashed to Cessna |
| 1:10.0 | 150, killing himself and his son, and the poor decision-making involved in that accident. |
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