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>> both those factors spelled danger for a pilot. >> in utah, it's 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 he'll make and at first, everything goes smoothly. >> the standard display routine commences with a pirouette on the left front skids, rotating the helicopter. >> i got my camera out to take footage of his performance. i was excit...

>> 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, there's a setback at the beginning of the event. the helicopter, a schweitzer, is unfamiliar and it's heavier than he's 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, he'...

We'll get a new update at 11:00 with a new track. i don't think it's 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. that's equal to an f-2 tornado. think about this tornado. it's along the shore for 300 miles. people often ask me what's worse a hurricane or a tornado? well a hurricane because it's so much bigger. and this, if it does that scouring damage for 300 m...

>> 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, there's a setback at the beginning of the event. the helicopter, a schweitzer, is unfamiliar and it's heavier than he's 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, he's aware of another element that will have a major impact on hi...

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. >> it's 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 approach through the mountains there. what are the most obvious factors that could have caused this? >> t...