Iraq Veteran And Student Pilot Killed in Helicopter Crash

Newberg helicopter crash victims identified as Iraq war veteran, student pilot
FOX News
By FOX 12 Staff
Posted: Jul 06, 2015

NEWBERG, OR (KPTV) - An Iraq war veteran and his student pilot were identified as the two people killed in a helicopter crash in Newberg.

Precision Aviation Training said Anthony Gallerani was instructing Kristian Blackwell on a routine night training flight when the Schweizer S269C helicopter crashed less than a mile east of Chehalem Airpark at 10 p.m. Wednesday.

A National Transportation Safety Board spokesperson said the reason for the loss of control has yet to be determined and investigations like this typically take between six to 10 months.
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