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