From NBC news on the TV tonight:

Around 1530 today the student pilot of a two-place Robinson on his
first solo flight clipped the rotor disk of an R-44 with two aboard
(now believed dead), a Robinson employee possibly conducting a
customer familiarization flight. The flights were operating on
parallel runways, and there is some question about the ATC
instructions issued.

sad to hear..

> From NBC news on the TV tonight:
>
> and there is some question about the ATC
> instructions issued.
>
>

sounds like the crossing runway "ground hit" (not mid air) accident at VGT
last month.. still no official reports.. but everyone believes that tower
messed up.

BT