![Those who flew with Ara Zobayan, believed to be the pilot in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash, recall him as a skilled pilot with passion for flying Those who flew with Ara Zobayan, believed to be the pilot in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash, recall him as a skilled pilot with passion for flying](https://i1.wp.com/scng-dash.digitalfirstmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/OCR-L-KOBEPILOT-0128-02.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&ssl=1)
Those who flew with Ara Zobayan, believed to be the pilot in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash, recall him as a skilled pilot with passion for flying
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OE-XFR | Airbus Helicopters H145 | Air Rescue Austria - ARA Flugrettung | Gerhard Vysocan | JetPhotos
![H.B.'s Ara Zobayan, who flew doomed Bryant helicopter, was an experienced pilot and instructor - Los Angeles Times H.B.'s Ara Zobayan, who flew doomed Bryant helicopter, was an experienced pilot and instructor - Los Angeles Times](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9f97ed5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1267x796+0+0/resize/1200x754!/quality/80/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc3%2F12%2F1a783f324c4cbe09a2a2403e4d9a%2Fara-zobayan2.jpg)
H.B.'s Ara Zobayan, who flew doomed Bryant helicopter, was an experienced pilot and instructor - Los Angeles Times
![Pilot who died in helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant leaves behind girlfriend and her children | Daily Mail Online Pilot who died in helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant leaves behind girlfriend and her children | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/29/16/24041132-7943307-image-a-1_1580315706880.jpg)
Pilot who died in helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant leaves behind girlfriend and her children | Daily Mail Online
![Kobe Bryant crash victims identified: Gianna Bryant, John Altobelli, Keri Altobelli, Alyssa Altobelli, Christina Mauser, Sarah and Payton Chester, Ara Zobayan - CBS News Kobe Bryant crash victims identified: Gianna Bryant, John Altobelli, Keri Altobelli, Alyssa Altobelli, Christina Mauser, Sarah and Payton Chester, Ara Zobayan - CBS News](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2020/01/27/07aa4931-f0fc-4e92-9da7-b0db8abad898/thumbnail/1200x630/0b400b11cb3f2ac874d3bcc2e39602e0/victims.png)