Pilot charged for illegal Grand Teton National Park landing blames bad weather
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GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) – A helicopter pilot faces up to $10,000 in fines and a year in jail for making an illegal lakeside landing in Grand Teton National Park. But whether he was justified by a weather emergency or set down just to have a picnic is in dispute. Peter Smith, owner …
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Colorado pilot facing charges after illegally landing helicopter inside Grand Teton National Park
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Pilot charged for illegal Grand Teton National Park landing blames bad weather
MOOSE, Wy. (KRDO)-- A Colorado man has been charged and is scheduled to appear in court after he illegally landed a helicopter inside the Grand Teton National Park. According to the National Park Service, on Saturday, June 24, at around 3 p.m.
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, WYO. — A Colorado man was cited after he reportedly illegally landed a helicopter inside Grand Teton National Park. On Saturday around 3 p.m., Grand Teton National Park law enforcement rangers received a report that a helicopter had illegally landed at Moran Bay on the wes…
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) – A helicopter pilot faces up to $10,000 in fines and a year in jail for making an illegal lakeside landing in Grand Teton National Park. But whether he was justified by a weather emergency or set down just to have a picnic is in dispute. Peter Smith, owner …