Pilot Killed in Kobe Bryant Crash Remembered as ‘Dear Friend’ With Clean Safety Record

In the hours since a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter crashed in Calabasas, California, on Sunday, gut-wrenching accounts have trickled out about the seven other passengers on board. Among them was 50-year-old Huntington Beach resident Ara Zobayan, the pilot of the aircraft who had a clean safety record and was attempting to travel through adverse conditions.Before Sunday’s crash, the pilot and flight instructor had no prior accidents or flight incidents, accord