HELI ON SIGHTSEEING TOUR AT 200 FT AGL ENCOUNTERS NUDE SUN BATHER. SURPRISES EVERYONE!

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THE PLT WAS CONDUCTING A TOUR OR SERIES OF RUNS OF THE SAME TOUR OF MT ST HELENS VOLCANIC MONUMENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. WHEN FLYING DOWN WHAT IS KNOWN AS 'HARRY'S RAVINE' I OBSERVED GEOLOGIST ACTIVITY ON THE SIDES OF THE RAVINE. AT THAT POINT I RAISED MY ALT AND SLOWED MY SPD THROUGH THE RAVINE ON THAT AND SUBSEQUENT TOURS; AS CONSIDERATION FOR THE 4 OR 5 GEOLOGISTS IN THE SIDES OF THE RAVINE. MY INTENTIONS WERE TO STILL DISPLAY THE LAYERS OF MUD FLOW AND EROSION EFFECTS TO THE TOURISTS AND MAINTAIN MAX SAFETY TO ALL CONCERNED IN THE ACFT AND ON THE GND. MY ESTIMATED DISTANCE FROM ANY PERSONNEL ON THE GND WAS AT LEAST 200 FT OR GREATER. MY FEELING FOR THE REASON TO CAUSE THE RPT: AS I FLEW AROUND A BEND IN THE CANYON I AND THE PAX OBSERVED A FEMALE GEOLOGIST SUNNING HERSELF IN THE NUDE FROM THE MID SECTION DOWN. DUE TO THE SURPRISE I SUSPECT IT SPAWNED A RPT TO THE FAA. THE COMPLAINT ALSO ALLEGES A SIMILAR OR SAME OCCURRENCE OF LOW FLYING ON AUG/AF THIS PLT'S DAY OFF WERE THE AF AND AG. I WAS NOT IN THE AREA; BUT AT MY RESIDENCE IN OREGON FROM THE EVENING OF AE TO THE MORNING OF THE AH OF AUG/91. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THE FAA CONTACTED HIS OFFICE AND THEN TELEPHONED HIM IN THE FIELD. HE GAVE AN ORAL RPT TO THEM. HAS SINCE RECEIVED A LETTER INDICATING AN INVESTIGATION WILL TAKE PLACE. COMPLAINT FILED BY USGS. THIS OP TAKES PLACE FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THE AREA AND IS JUST FOR TOURS OF THE MOUNTAIN.