This weekend La Niña got to partake in another aero adventure; this time with a helicopter: HAWC the Helicopter.
I don’t know how many of you know HAWC’s history — but the helicopter came about after the death of Constable Rick Sonnenberg who was killed in 1993 as he laid a spike belt during a high speed pursuit chase. It was Rick’s sister who led the campaign to get CPS a helicopter and HAWC1 came to fruition in 1995. Recently Calgary raised the funds need to put HAWC2 into the air.
During my time as a civilian employee I got to partake in pursuit training — as well as a ride along and sit along (in dispatch). I did not, however, make it to the fly along. So, La Niña is one step ahead of me because she got to actually sit inside HAWC1.
