Pilot in fatal Salinas copter crash identified - The Salinas Californian
, the pilot who died in a helicopter crash outside Salinas on Saturday, was known as an experienced flier and well regarded in the agricultural industry, a colleague said Sunday. He was our neighbor here at Salinas Municipal Airport," Lori Atkinson, service manager at Cal Pacific Farm Air Service has been based out of the Salinas airport since the 1990s. She described him as an active member of the farm applicator... "He was very well known and very well liked throughout the valley," said Atkinson. "They're called day-of to go and respond chemicals to prevent food contamination or the destruction of food, so their business model has changed in the last decade," he said. , the California Highway Patrol said, on southbound Highway 101, less than a mile from the Airport Boulevard exit south of Salinas. The CHP said weather conditions may have led to the crash, "as the pilot became disoriented by the fog shortly after he took off" from Salinas Municipal Airport. Source: www.thecalifornian.com
