Improvised Helipad Serves Mobile Hospital At Katrina Ground Zero

U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Eric Carter gave a tower ample berth during his approach, navigating his Jayhawk over a line of electrical wires on the perimeter of a Kmart parking lot to set his aircraft down on an improvised helipad. It's not every helipad that has a perimeter on a shopping center parking...

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