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rescuing people and getting them out of
harm’s way.”
Light to moderate rainshowers come
and go, pelting rescuers descending to the
cliff and reducing visibility for the pilots.
Observers retreat to their cars.
At the end of the day, it is time to
retrieve the dummies and transport them
to the top of the cliff, where an SUV is
waiting. The MH–65 helicopter is at an
angle to the rescuer on the cable below—
something the rescuer can’t see; after
lifting, the rescuer strikes the cliff wall,
jamming a finger. His training is over for
the week but he’ll be able to repeat the
twice-yearly classes.
* * *
Biehn recalls a particularly difficult case.
“One of my most difficult ones was in North
Bend where the Yaquina River flows into the
Pacific Ocean. There was a boat that was getting towed in between two jetties. The boat
had lost steering capability. When they were
crossing the bar, the rope parted and the boat
was dashed against the jetty. Three people
went into the water. Rescue boats couldn’t
reach them because they were by the rocks.
We got on scene and two people were hanging on to the six- to 10-foot wall of rocks of
the jetty. Waves were 15 to 20 feet, smashing
against those rocks. They lowered me down
and I was able to get one. By the time I went
down to get the other one, he was washed
away and we were never able to find him.”
YO, EASY
ON THE
CONTROLS!
Here is the secret to rescue hovering from Lt. Cmdr.
Dan Leary. “You have to understand that when you’ve
got someone on the hoist cable, you need to make
very, very small, minute corrections. Anything we do
in a small way affects the swimmer at the bottom of the hoist hook in a
lot greater way. It’s like hanging a yo-yo from your finger. Just move your
finger a little bit, and you can get that yo-yo to swing.”
60 | AOPA PILOT April 2013
THE ‘WASHING MACHINE’
A mile south into the Columbia River
from Washington’s Cape Disappointment
Lighthouse is an area called the washing machine. It’s better known as the
Columbia River Bar, and it has sunk hundreds of ships. It refers not to an actual bar
of rock and sand; rather, it is made of slapping waves as the Columbia River pounds
into the Pacific Ocean. Upsloping sand on
the bottom deposited by the river makes
the waves still higher. “We have waves coming from the two o’clock position, from the
four o’clock, from the six o’clock, and from
the eight o’clock,” Leary says. This is where
he has to worry about his MH–60T getting
taken down by a 15- to 20-foot wave.
Hoist operator Aaron Godsey is painting a word picture for Leary, helping him
understand where the swimmers are and
what the waves are doing. Unlike the surf,
where rollers are predictable and Leary can
see them coming, the action here is all under
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President’s Position
Visual Approach
Waypoints
Proficient Pilot
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License to Learn
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Fly Well
History
Debonair Sweepstakes
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Test Pilot
Letters
41 Ways to Save
Fun On the Water
Training the Best for the Worst
Finding Flamingos
This Bird Really Flies
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Never Again
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State & Local Action
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AOPA Foundation
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