Friends and Family Remember Helicopter Pilot Nicholas Dale Killed in Gold Mountain Fire

Friends and family remember helicopter pilot Nicholas Dale killed in Gold Mountain Fire

Friends, family and colleagues remember helicopter pilot Nicholas Dale, 56, killed battling the Gold Mountain Fire near Ouray.

Cross state procession honors helicopter crash pilot

The pilot who died in a helicopter crash while involved in fighting a wildfire in Colorado was honored in a highway memorial procession that crossed much of the state this week. The pilot, 56-year-old Nicholas Dale from Sooke, British Columbia, was the only person on board and was killed in the crash. Dale was a federal contracted fire aviation pilot flying for Helicopters Express LLC, a Georgia-based company with a fleet of helicopters used for…