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Steve Torpy

Steve Torpy

Retired US Coast Guard Lieutenant; pilot who led the 1998 rescue of La Conte fishing vessel crew, awarded Distinguished Flying Cross.

Jun 16, 2026

11:52
Mm-hmm
11:52
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11:52
it might help control it.
11:54
So we had gamed this out before we even got in the helicopter.
11:56
You know, Captain Lefever, myself, and Fred Kalt, our flight mechanic, Lee Honnold, and Mike Fish all kind of gathered together real quick, kind of a, a pre-flight briefing, and we talked about all the things we can do that were recommended by the first aircraft and anything else we could think of to try to put the odds more in our favor.
12:14
The only thing we didn't discuss is which pilot was gonna sit in which seat.
12:20
Captain McFeaver was new to the air station.

7 MINS LATER

19:41
Can you explain that a bit to us today?

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