Parts from both helicopters that crashed on-island earlier this month are in the possession of the National Transportation Safety Board’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., spokesman Keith Holloway said yesterday.
That is the most up-to-date information the NTSB has released on its two investigations into the accidents that happened within four days of each other. The first [...]

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Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board have found two possible problems with the hydraulic system of the AS 350 Heli USA helicopter that crashed March 8 at Princeville, Kauai, killing four people.
In the preliminary report released today on the NTSB Web site, investigators said they found that the hydraulic sight glass was broken and [...]

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The families of the victims of a deadly helicopter crash on Kauai want answers about what exactly happened. The Heli USA Airways chopper crashed one week ago Thursday. John O’ Donnell and Magaret Inglebrecht are two of the four people killed in the crash. O’Donnell’s wife, Veronica and Inglebrecht’s husband, Cornelius Scholtz, were injured. Their [...]

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The Kaua’i Visitors Bureau announces that several of the golf and resort properties in its golf-destination co-operative – Kaua‘i: Discover Golf’s Ultimate Island Green – have been voted onto Golf Digest Magazine’s biennial ranking of the “75 Best Golf Resorts in North America.”
Princeville at Hanalei – home to 45 golf holes designed by Robert Trent [...]

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The eighth hole at the Princeville’s Prince Golf Course is in some prestigious company as it graces one of the pages from the 2007 Sports Illustrated Scenic Golf Courses calendar.
In addition to the Prince Course, the wall calendar features holes from courses such as St. Andrews in Scotland, Ballybunion Golf Club in Ireland, The Olympic [...]

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All’s clear for those heading back to Kaua’i after the rains. To welcome back golfers, the Princeville Golf Courses are offering a $50 green fee for kama’aina at the Makai and Prince courses this month. Kama’aina rates are usually $85 at the Prince and $57 at Makai.
The $50 green fee is offered for play seven [...]

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