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>> both those factors spelled danger for a pilot. >> in utah, its about 5,000 feet elevation and it was a warm day that day. >> this creates a condition called high density altitude, which actually means hotter, thinner air, giving the pilot less lift and less power. >> i had to take certain steps, make certain changes to my routine. >> dennis calculates the changes hell make and at first, everything goes smoothly. >> the standard display routine commences with a pirouette on the left front skid...

>> one of the cups up there behind me is for the first place. >> dennis skills are on display at an air show in utah in june of 2008, and one person eager to see it, and videotape it, is tina tyler, an american gyrocopter pilot. >> i packed up my gyro and headed out to utah with my camera in hand. >> for dennis, theres a setback at the beginning of the event. the helicopter, a schweitzer, is unfamiliar and its heavier than hes used to. >> i normally fly with ten gallons on board, which weighs 80...

Well get a new update at 11:00 with a new track. i dont think its going to change very much. the governor was very clear that this storm is going to make a run right at the florida coast. the east coast of florida, the atlantic beaches, will be scoured with storm surge, with waves, and with wind. wind of 140 miles per hour at 2:00 a.m. tonight. thats equal to an f-2 tornado. think about this tornado. its along the shore for 300 miles. people often ask me whats worse a hurricane or a tornado? wel...

>> dennis skills are on display at an air show in utah in june of 2008, and one person eager to see it, and videotape it, is tina tyler, an american gyrocopter pilot. >> i packed up my gyro and headed out to utah with my camera in hand. >> for dennis, theres a setback at the beginning of the event. the helicopter, a schweitzer, is unfamiliar and its heavier than hes used to. >> i normally fly with ten gallons on board, which weighs 80 pounds, 72, in fact, and i had 30 on board, three times the w...

That we expect in the west. but they are making these flights. and this is the third plane to go missing here in asia in the last 18 months, which is just extraordinary. >> its astonishing. thank you very much. reporting this evening from hong kong for us. i want to turn to a commercial airline pilot. we showed a picture of this plane, relatively small plane, about a 50-seater, flying in less than ideal conditions. we know there were thunderstorms in the area, shooting in on a very tricky approa...

>> one of the cups up there behind me is for the first place. >> dennis skills are on display at an air show in utah in june of 2008, and one person eager to see it, and videotape it, is tina tyler, an american gyrocopter pilot. >> i packed up my gyro and headed out to utah with my camera in hand. >> for dennis, theres a setback at the beginning of the event. the helicopter, a schweitzer, is unfamiliar and its heavier than hes used to. >> i normally fly with ten gallons on board, which weighs 80...

Several days hoped the helicopter had perhaps made a hard landing and the crew survived and they were just waiting to be rescued in an area where they could not get communications out. the helicopter hit the side of the mountain at 11,200 feet elevation. there is wreckage and at least three bodies. we are waiting to learn what happened to the other five. six u.s. marines and two nepalese. >> they moved you from the landing zone. we were talking to you a half hour ago and they were bringing rescu...

See it, and videotape it, is tina tyler, an american gyrocopter pilot. >> i packed up my gyro and headed to utah with my camera in hand. >> for dennis, theres a setback at the beginning of the event. the helicopter is unfamiliar and its heavier than hes used to. >> i normally fly with ten gallons on board, which weighs 80 pounds, 72, in fact, and i had 30 on board, three times the weight. >> as dennis takes off, hes aware of another element that will have a major impact on his performance. >> th...

And additionally, they just had a brand-new daughter born on the 28th of may, four months before. >> forensic investigators searched natalies abandoned car and found a wealth of evidence. >> vehicles are like a magnet. its a very hard place to hide evidence. >> near the windshield wipers, dr. bock found bits of mountain grass and some unusual pine needles, neither of which was common in the area. >> it was material that had come from approximately 9,000 feet elevation in a canyon along the front...

We express our deepest condolences to the victims and their families. the united states stands ready to offer assistance and support to the governments of france germany and spain as they investigate this tragedy. that statement from the state department here in washington. lets turn to cnns tom foreman. hes over at the magic wall with more on whats going on. the terrain over there is 6,000 feet elevation in that part of france. its pretty rough. >> very rough. if you take a look at it as we fly...