AOPA Live This Week - November 24, 2016
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Channel: AOPA: Your Freedom to Fly · 2016 · Science & Technology
Millions of people celebrate the holiday with a Christmas tree, completely unaware that landing a tree in the living room required some particularly tricky flying. Watch helicopter pilots hoist harvested trees from a steep Oregon mountainside, learning a complex dance in which every second counts. Robert A. "Bob" Hoover was revered as a pilot, mentor, and friend, and mourned since his passing in October. Watch those who knew him well gather to swap tales about the aviation great. AOPA's years of work for general aviation have landed the association in the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. See the power of general aviation helping in times of need as pilots bring much needed supplies to Haiti in response to Hurricane Matthew.
