The Kiwanis club held a charity raffle. The winners recieved a prize of a helicopter ride...guess who shows up as the pilot? It appears to be Alice Meiners in a chopper owned by Willem Meiners. When the winners return they speak of going up in the clouds, much too high for Alice to have been flying. Sure does look like Alice flying.View the video below and be the judge. Here's the clincher, during the time of this ride, her license did not permit her to have passengers.
ALICE MARIE RUSH
Address
Street 208 Crestview CT
City Frederick State MD
County Frederick Zip Code 21702-4031
Country USA
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MEDICAL
Medical Class: Third Medical Date: 4/2/08
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Certificates
1 of 1
DOI: 9/16/08
Certificate PRIVATE PILOT
Rating(s):
PRIVATE PILOT
ROTORCRAFT-HELICOPTER
LIMITS
ENGLISH PROFICIENT
She did not have any rating that would permit her to do anything other than fly solo, visual flight rules only and she could not carry any passengers. This is the second documented incident of Alice taking passengers that we were able to find.
We have a short film that documents the incident with the Kiwanis raffle winners. This is one of the goofiest take-offs ever and the two passengers, mother and son, are really lucky to have made it back alive. They are oblivious to the potential danger. I am not a pilot. However, military pilots have reviewed this video and have confirmed that Alice did not have control of this helicopter.
What's more, Alice and Willem live in Whiteplains, which is a community built on a runway. DespiTe this, they do not currently own an aircraft and have not since July 24, 2009. Alice Meiners obtained her license on Sept 16, 2008 and the helicopter crashed ten months later (much more about that later.)
Alice Meiners does not have a current license.
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