tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10027531.post111452102714490187..comments2007-04-15T23:08:36.460+03:00TJnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10027531.post-1115041675960111922005-05-02T16:47:00.000+03:002005-05-02T16:47:00.000+03:00They come in and out all the time, but I would say about 95% of the helo traffic I see is military. I actually almost flew up to Mosul once on a Skylink helicopter but I cancelled at the last minute because of, no kidding, security concerns. The danger in commercial traffic here is that they have no defensive systems to counter surface-to-air missles. Military helos also fly in pairs, which would have ostensibly prevented that poor survivor from being killed after the incident. The second bird could have come in to extract.BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979906114227589791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10027531.post-1114669382535038672005-04-28T09:23:00.000+03:002005-04-28T09:23:00.000+03:00When I first read about that attack I thought of you two. I feel badly for the families of both the Americans and Bulgarians. Bless them, no matter their motive for being Iraq they were doing noble work.<BR/><BR/>How common is contracted helos?MKLhttp://southernbyblog.blog-city.comnoreply@blogger.com