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Show rr Feb. 13, 1992 Vol. 46 No. 6 B Hill AFB, Utah Third AFB! ; S.-W- ' i 5l Class 84056-599- Order Deportmen; - S (Mtuirsitv of Utan llCDllll(fil (J SalVtakeCity,UT' f moo on y T(o. T o i Li by Gary Hatch Hilltop Times editor t, ; One man was killed and another injured when the aircraft they were flying, a Hill AFB Aero Club Piper Warrior, crashed Feb. 5 on the Promontory peninsula of the Great Salt Lake. Pilot Lee Fairbourn, 51, of Layton, was pronounced dead at the scene Thursday morning. He had apparently died on impact, according to Life Flight nurse Jean Brown, who was first to arrive at the scene shortly after the wreckage was found Thursday morning. Lynn Bell, 27, of Layton, the husband of a Hill worker, survived a frigid night, with a broken wrist and a badly bruised hip, by wrapping up'in coats and forcing himself to stay awake, Brown said. "He had a long, cold night and he is a very brave i m ' N-..- -- V-;: 1 CXv ' ' -- " " ' .' ' 1.- -. man," Brown said. Bell was spotted waving near the downed plane at 7:05 a.m. Feb. 6 by a Civil Air Patrol plane that had been searching for about four hours. Bell was lifted from rwHpmWMllwm,wi;,1U,M, the crash site by an H-- l f from Huey helicopter " Hill's , - e s U.S. Air Force Photo by Rolph Leue Quality idea i. ft I ,..t . mmmmmaimtMUMJ Test rugged mountainside and then whisked him away to McKay-De- C Sabino Gallegos, an Aircraft Directorate worker, repairs an aircraft part. Gallegos and fellow have been actively working to repair parts they can instead of buying new ones un- the Repair vs. Buy Program. Since Oct. 1, 6545th Group. The crew plucked the survivor from the the program has saved more than $190,000. The s Aircraft Directorate encourages other Hill ers to get involved with quality ideas like this one. For more information on Hill's quality pro-de- r gram, turn to Page 7. work-worker- rraQU Js UenG investigated DV the Federal Aviation Administration. Hospital in Ogden where he was treated and released. The Air Force helicop- ter was called in because it is equipped with a hoist and litter that saved a great deal of time getting Bell off the mountain. "There were three other helicopters and other rescue workers already there when we arrived," said MSgt. Dan Wilder, a Huey crew member. The helicopters could not land on the slope, however. They set down at either the top or the bottom of the mountain and the rescue workers hiked to the wreckage, Wilder said. "The crash site was about halfway up the mountain. It was a very steep slope with a lot of loose rock and gravel. None of the other helicopters had a hoist. The rescue workers would have had to carry him down to the bottom of the mountain without our hoist," Wilder said. In a matter of minutes Bell was secured in a caged stretcher, lifted aboard the helicopter and on his way to the hospital. The single-engin- e plane left Hill's runway about 6 p.m. Feb. 5 and was scheduled to return about 9:30 p.m. It was listed as overdue at 11:30 p.m. The plane was last heard from as it departed Ogden and headed north. According to the flight plan, Fairbourn was on an instructional flight in the local area with Bell as his student. Fairbourn was helping Bell train for his commercial instrument rating. Fairbourn, a pilot who retired from the Air Force Licensed to drive Separations Change to law affects Hill workers. 12,000 apply for one of two Page 2 The cause of the B See Crash, Page 2. Celebrate Presidents separation packages. Page 5 Pay Holiday Monday |