More detail on this person: Helicopter crash while spraying for fire ants.Mike (Travis) was my
uncle. I thought I would write and give you a little more information on him. I didnt look through
your site very much but thought that you guys would want to know that he was killed while flying. In
Aug of 1975 he was spraying for fire ants for the State of MS around McComb MS when his bird went
down - this was the first day back in the air after a major overhaul. I was 10 at the time so I dont
know much about what happened, just what I have heard from various people over the years. Some
thoughts were that the helicopter had a malfunction and came down and that was what we thought for
years. A few years ago a postal worker told me that he had been there that day and that Mike was not
feeling very well but went back up after lunch. Soon after that it, appeared that Mike was trying to
come back in and hit the only tree in the area appearently having had a heart attack while in the
air. The helicopter went up in flames and there was no saving Mike. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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I wish all the time that I had had more time to spend with him and am constanly being told tales of
things that my uncle did during his stay on this planet - I have been introduced to all sorts of
people that knew him all those years ago and each time I get to hear of some exploit or another.
Lee Taylor