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Re: what happened to the a-stars |
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4 years ago (March 24, 2004 9:37 PM) |
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> The I.S.P. got rid of them when one crashed killing all |
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<br>> on board. They were replaced by Bell jet Rangers |
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(Kiowas) <br>><br>> they too were disposed of. I.S.P. now |
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only uses Fixed wing <br>> aircraft. They used to be |
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stationed out of midway airport.<br>> <br>ISP only had one |
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A-star, and trwo Kiowas, one Kiowa based in Springfield, and |
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the other with the A-star(which was a leased bird from |
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Airborne Law Enforcement Systems out of Milwaukee, WI) at |
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MDW in CHicago. The A-star was destroyed in a crash which |
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killed the pilot and her observer; the Chicago Based Kiowa |
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was grounded after a tail strike during T&Gs at MDW; The |
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bureauacracy gounded the unit, as the "downstaters" felt |
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that Chicago was using the choppers too much. |
