drones are another issue these
days," interjected Shier. He
recalled when Shepard was
flying at a race recently, and a
spectator was flying a drone
right behind his helicopter.
"If that drone touched the
helicopter's rotor blade, it could
have been a big problem," said
Shier. "Add to that, there are two
types of pilots that we see; the
professionals and those that are
doing it for fun, which I call the
hobbyists. Even at Baja races
there is a mixture of pilots and
personalities. We run into all
kinds of situations like these."
Nevertheless, Shier thinks
Baja is the greatest place to fly.
There are challenging times
though, like when his pilot Peter
Clark had to set his helicopter
down after running into bad
weather and 50 mile-per-hour
winds near San Felipe. "The sun
was setting when the winds
got fierce, but fortunately,
Peter and his navigator found a
landing area to touch down, and
then spent the next 12 hours
huddled in the helicopter in the
freezing darkness," said Shier.
For the medical helicopter
pilots and medical specialists
that support SCORE, performing
a rescue and knowing they
made a difference is a reward
that can't be measured or
matched. Not even by the glory
of taking the checkered flag. SJ
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