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HIgh-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site
Date: 7/23/2011 Album ID: 1290916
Photos by Christian Murdock
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Military pilots from around the world come to the High-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo. HAATS trains rotor-wing military pilots from around the world to fly safely at high elevation and in mountainous terrain.
Pilots Sean McKay, left, Brian Hill and crewmember Dennis Frazee prepare for a day of flying a UH-60 Blackhawk Tuesday, July 19, 2011, while training with Colorado National Guard instructor Mike Felton at the HIgh-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site located at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo. HAATS trains rotor-wing military pilots from around the world to fly safely at high elevation and in mountainous terrain.
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Hawaii National Guardsman Sean McKay, right, prepares to take off from the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo., with Colorado National Guard instructor Mike Felton at the HIgh-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site. HAATS trains rotor-wing military pilots from around the world to fly safely at high elevation and in mountainous terrain.
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Hawaii National Guardsman Brian Hill watches from his seat in a UH-60 Blackhawk Tuesday, July 19, 2011, while training with Colorado National Guard instructor Mike Felton at the HIgh-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site located at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo. HAATS trains rotor-wing military pilots from around the world to fly safely at high elevation and in mountainous terrain.
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Hawaii National Guardsman Sean McKay lands a UH-60 Blackhawk at a high altitude landing zone Tuesday, July 19, 2011, while training with Colorado National Guard instructor Mike Felton at the HIgh-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site located at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo. HAATS trains rotor-wing military pilots from around the world to fly safely at high elevation and in mountainous terrain. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
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Hawaii National Guardsman Sean McKay, right, flies a UH-60 Blackhawk above the Colorado mountains north of Gypsum, Colo., Tuesday, July 19, 2011, while training with Colorado National Guard instructor Mike Felton at the HIgh-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site located at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo. HAATS trains rotor-wing military pilots from around the world to fly safely at high elevation and in mountainous terrain.
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Hawaii National Guardsman Sean McKay lands a UH-60 Blackhawk at a high altitude landing zone Tuesday, July 19, 2011, while training with Colorado National Guard instructor Mike Felton at the HIgh-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site located at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo. HAATS trains rotor-wing military pilots from around the world to fly safely at high elevation and in mountainous terrain.
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Hawaii National Guardsman Sean McKay lands a UH-60 Blackhawk at a high altitude landing zone Tuesday, July 19, 2011, while training with Colorado National Guard instructor Mike Felton at the HIgh-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site located at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo. HAATS trains rotor-wing military pilots from around the world to fly safely at high elevation and in mountainous terrain.
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A UH-60 Blackhawk takes off from a high altitude landing zone Tuesday, July 19, 2011, in the high mountains north of the HIgh-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site located at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo. HAATS trains rotor-wing military pilots from around the world to fly safely at high elevation and in mountainous terrain.
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A UH-60 Blackhawk takes off from a high-altitude landing zone Tuesday, July 19, 2011, during training at the HIgh-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site located at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo. HAATS trains rotor-wing military pilots from around the world to fly safely at high elevation and in mountainous terrain.
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Hawaii National Guardsman Sean McKay lands a UH-60 Blackhawk at a high altitude landing zone Tuesday, July 19, 2011, while training with Colorado National Guard instructor Mike Felton at the HIgh-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site located at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo. HAATS trains rotor-wing military pilots from around the world to fly safely at high elevation and in mountainous terrain.
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Hawaii National Guardsman Sean McKay, top, helps with the preflight inspection on a UH-60 Blackhawk before taking off Tuesday, July 19, 2011, for a day of training at the HIgh-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site located at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo. HAATS trains rotor-wing military pilots from around the world to fly safely at high elevation and in mountainous terrain.
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A UH-60 Blackhawk flies above a high-altitude landing zone Tuesday, July 19, 2011, as part of the training at the High-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site located at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo. HAATS trains rotor-wing military pilots from around the world to fly safely at high elevation and in mountainous terrain.
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A OH-58 Kiowa flies through the mountain of Colorado Tuesday, July 19, 2011, during a training week at the HIgh-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site located at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo. HAATS trains rotor-wing military pilots from around the world to fly safely at high elevation and in mountainous terrain.
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Hawaii National Guardsman Sean McKay lands a UH-60 Blackhawk at a high altitude landing zone Tuesday, July 19, 2011, while training with Colorado National Guard instructor Mike Felton at the HIgh-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site located at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo. HAATS trains rotor-wing military pilots from around the world to fly safely at high elevation and in mountainous terrain.
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A pilot flies through a canyon in a OH-58 Kiowa during training at the HIgh-Altitude Army Aviation Training Site located at the Eagle County Airport in Gypsum, Colo. HAATS trains rotor-wing military pilots from around the world to fly safely at high elevation and in mountainous terrain.
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