F/a Killed In Nc Nat. Guard Helicopter Crash

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Rick James, a long time US f/a and an all around great guy! Made it through Afghanistan and Irag. I believe Rick has 4 kids.



By MATTHEW EISLEY, Staff Writer

An article on the front of the City & State section Sunday incorrectly stated the suspected circumstances of a crash of an N.C. National Guard AH-64 Apache helicopter into the Cape Fear River on Thursday. According to Guard officials, the crash was caused either when the copter struck power lines crossing the river or by some other failure that sent it into the lines.


BROADWAY -- They trained to fight America's enemies abroad, only to die in the cold, muddy water of the Cape Fear River.

The North Carolina National Guard identified the victims Saturday in the helicopter crash Thursday night on the Chatham-Lee county line: 1st Lt. Christopher Plummer, 31, of Cary; and Chief Warrant Officer Richard James, 44, of Lewisville, in western Forsyth County.

James served in Afghanistan, where the 1st Battalion of the National Guard's 130th Aviation Regiment, based at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, flew more than 9,000 hours over 10 months in 2003 and 2004 without losing a single soldier.

The outfit hadn't had a serious training accident in 24 years.




Link (requires registration) http://www.newsobserver.com/news/wake/cary...p-8762870c.html
 
Morning all,

Ric was a great guy and a great officer. He worked for me when i was the Battalion commander of the 1/130th Attack helicopter battalion in RDU. he was very uncomplaining, had a positive attitude, and did everything he was asked to do.

Its really a shame he made it through a year in Afghanistan and then lost his life in a training accident back home.

There is a memorial service for Rick and the 1st Lt that died in the crash with him at the Army Aviation Support facility in RDU on Sunday 15 May at 1500 hrs.

Below is the information regarding 1LT Christopher Plummer and CW3 Richard
James, the crewmembers that lost their lives in the AH-64 crash on 5 May
2005.

Memorial Service:

The 1st Battalion, 130th Aviation Regiment will hold a memorial service for
both 1LT Plummer and CW3 James on Sunday 15 May 2005 at the Army Aviation
Support Facility #1 in Morrisville, NC. The ceremony will begin at 1500
hours and the uniform for military members attending is the BDU uniform.


Addresses:

1LT Christopher Plummer's family address:

Michael and Roxanne Plummer and Family

14541 Southwest 76th Street

Miami, FL 33183

CW3 Rick James family addresses:

Sue James (mother)

161 East Meadowview Drive

Statesville, NC 28625

Connie Morrison (sister)

121 Millstone Drive

Statesville, NC 28625

Funeral Arrangements:

CW3 Rick James

Funeral is Saturday 14 May 2005 at Nicholson's Funeral Home in
Statesville

Nicholson's Funeral Home (704) 872-5287
135 E Front St
Statesville, NC 28677

Direction to funeral home from Raleigh area:
<http://www.google.com/maps?ll=35.801030,-78.674940&spn=1.394531,2.465375&sa
ddr=Wade+Ave,+Raleigh,+NC+27607&daddr=135+E+Front+St,+Statesville,+NC+28677&
hl=en>
http://www.google.com/maps?ll=35.801030,-7...31,2.465375&sad
dr=Wade+Ave,+Raleigh,+NC+27607&daddr=135+E+Front+St,+Statesville,+NC+28677&h
l=en



1LT Christopher Plummer

The Plummer family is planning a Thursday evening Wake (12 May) and
a Saturday Mass and Service (14 May) in Miami, FL.

Information will be published on the times and exact locations, name
of church, etc. as soon as we confirmed



"For Those Who Fought For It, Freedom Has A Flavor The Protected Will Never
Know."
Andrew L. Jackson
CSM Andrew L. Jackson
Command Sergeant Major
449th Aviation Group

Aircraft Systems Supervisor
AASF #1, Morrisville, NC 27560
Com 919-664-7532
1-800-621-4136 ex7532
Cell 919-412-9832
DSN 582-9234 x7532



Regards,

Ivan
 
calibrator said:

Ditto
As Bush fights for what he calls, what?

While everyone in DC runs for cover!!

Bush is a joke, glad I didn't vote for the moron.
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Dude!

Lets keep politics out of this. Rick was proud of his service to his country. He was one of our country's finest. Just leave it at that.

B)
 
I send my condolences to his family. We are going to do an item in tomorrow’s Airways Today.
 
calibrator said:

Ditto
As Bush fights for what he calls, what?

While everyone in DC runs for cover!!

Bush is a joke, glad I didn't vote for the moron.
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Real classy..... :down:
 
I never met this man but Im sure he was fine American, he served his country with Valor and we owe much Gratitude for his service to Our Country. My prayer's to his family to find the strength to carry on, and may Rick rest Peacefully with his Creator.
 
MrAeroMan said:
Real classy..... :down:
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As much class as the morons who post insanity on here...look in the mirror...


Rick died for what? What was accomplished with his death besides people feeling bad and family forever burdened, for Bush's insane war? For love of country? Like Patton said, NO Man dies for his country! Morons.....
 
Thanks Hawk........ This just came up on the Hub Airways Today:

/Flight Attendant will be missed by many

The US Airways family extends its condolences to the
family and friends of Rick James, a Philadelphia-based
flight attendant, who died May 6 in a military
helicopter crash.

James, a 15-year flight attendant and Apache
helicopter pilot in the Army National Guard, was
piloting a training flight that crashed into the Cape
Fear River in North Carolina. The Army is
investigating the cause of the accident.

"Rick was one of those people who was liked by
everybody," said Dave Chapla, manager of Inflight
Services in Philadelphia and James' first supervisor
at US Airways. James joined the airline in 1990 in
Pittsburgh.

"He was always smiling," added Mary Green, Inflight
supervisor in Philadelphia. "Even if you told a dumb
joke, he would laugh at it. Also, he could fix
anything - he was always fixing peoples' suitcases."

A year ago, James returned from Afghanistan after a
10-month deployment with his unit, the 130th Aviation
Regiment, based in Morrisville, N.C.

After his return, James resumed working as the German-
speaking flight attendant on US Airways flights to
Germany. It was a role he had filled since the early
1990s. James learned German while stationed in Germany
with the Army, Chapla said.

The funeral is scheduled for 3 p.m., Saturday, May 14,
at Nicholson Funeral Home in Statesville, N.C.
 
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