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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1586/
- Published: 2026-09-22T18:30:40.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T18:30:39.000Z
- Description: Friends and former colleagues who spoke to Stuff were grieving the sudden loss of the well-liked and well-respected Kiwi pilot.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> A New Zealand pilot killed in a helicopter crash while fighting wildfires in the United States is being remembered as an “absolute, true professional”.  
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> Greg King, from Geraldine in South Canterbury, was one of two pilots aboard the firefighting helicopter when it crashed in California’s Yosemite National Park on Sunday afternoon (local time).  
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> Friends and former colleagues who spoke to *Stuff* were grieving the sudden loss of the well-liked and well-respected Kiwi pilot.  
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> King was flying for US contractor Precision Helicopters and had been helping battle the Dome Fire, which has burned thousands of acres across rugged terrain near Yosemite.  
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> Stuff

[Read More](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/361036696/kiwi-pilot-killed-helicopter-crash-while-fighting-american-wildfires?ref=goodoil.news)