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Ya know...  I just wanted to inject a little actual helicopter content onto this board. The video has some cool shots of Ryan McDonald in his Huey, who flew all the way down from Lake Chelan in northern Washington State (over 200 miles) to participate in the effort.  A local LongRanger operator participated too.  But of course there have to be people who just have to badmouth Dave Sparks because he's "just a YouTuber" or "just a reality-TV star."  Why do some people have to be so negative? Dave owns and flies a BO105, and now a Blackhawk.  He and his crew recoverd a plane with the deceased pilot still in it.  He organized the whole operation, dealing with multiple federal and local government agencies.  In other words, he did a good thing. And for that, he gets labled "just a YouTuber."  There are some really sad posters on this board.