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A sickening experience related to me that was suffered by him when he was apparently flying one time and his nephew (?) just disappeared out of the back of a plane I believe never to be found again.

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Yes this sad incident did occur some years ago while James and his shooter were out in the chopper for their evening shoot with James nephew in the back of the Hughes 500. On returning to base after dark they discovered the nephew was not in the back of the chopper. A search and rescue operation was initiated with James flying parties in over the route they had taken. This all took place through out the pitch black night and at around 1am in the morning of the next day they located his deceased nephew in the bush where he had fallen from the chopper.

While an extremely sad occasion it did highlight James' dedication to finding his nephew and his incredible skills in flying in the terrain shown in some of the photos on this post during the hours of darkness and in a chopper set up with the bare essentials for hunting, no navigational aids etc.
I have always felt perfectly safe with James and always enjoyed the flights with him. He has a vast knowledge of the hunting areas in the Southern Alps and goes out of his way to drop hunters into good areas to ensure success for them.

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