Rest In Peace Fellow Aviator 💔 We'll Have You Home Tonight 

As one of the 5 grandchildren, I am very very grateful you guys got involved. Thank you so much.

Dave Sparks is such a great human constantly putting him self in position to help out people who desperately need help leading by example of what we should all inspire to be to make life on this planet a little bit more bearable always thinking about others and nature he is truly a angel amongst us thanks to him and all his guys

This video made me cry. When Cindy said she misses him and every time she turned around she felt he'd be there. I know how she feels as I lost my wife of 40 years last February. I'm still a wreck. You guys did one heck of a great thing for that family.

didn't matter how much paperwork you had to do, what matter was bringing Wayne Wirt home, you did an amazing job with doing that.

As a retired state police crime scene investigator and processor I commend you all for your empathy and respectful handling of this tragic even!

There is only one thing we all can say. Thank you for bringing him home Thank you for bringing closure to the family Thank you for doing this Thank you for being there And Thank you for being so kind

Seeing the plane being flown directly over the camera and into the sunlight seemed quite symbolic. Great work guys.

Having over 2 decades of civilian law enforcement experience and 2 decades in the USMC, I have handled far too many tragedies. I've never seen a crew work with any more compassion and devotion to the tasks at hand. I know for certain your attention to detail and respectful completion of this recovery will help the grieving family immensely. I have no connection to the family, victim or anyone involved, but I still want to say thank you. I liked and subscribed.

As an old retired pilot with 5000 hours of experience I know the loss of fellow pilots. Bless you for what you did.

As a retired law enforcement officer…thank you for your service to the family of the pilot. Very kind

As a priest, it is part of my role to offer closure and comfort to the family by offering the respect that every person is due, particularly at the time of death. It is a true ministry to offer what you have offered this family. Blessings to you for this difficult work. It is not surprising that you experienced such peace in doing so. May God bless and others who have cared for this family.

Crap, i promised myself i would not cry, but here i am crying worse than a baby! HeavyD and his crew, thank you for what you are doing for these families providing them with some closure. The wprls needs more "guardian angels on crack" like you guys. Cindy i am truly sorry for your loss may you find some peace and comfort knowing that your husband is back home, i aspire to one day be as strong as you! Sending everyone lots of love and hugs from South Africa ❤❤

Being asked for help from Heavy D is probably the greatest honor anyone could ever have.

Fellow UH-60 A/L aviator here (US Army, retired): we recently lost two dear friends of my own (from college and later in the Army) to a terrible accident that is still under investigation. You really handled this recovery in a professional and compassionate manner; compliments to you and all the members of your team.

“All I’m feeling is Peace and comfort…” to me, this comes from good people doing good things. Thank you.

God bless all of you that was involved in Wayne’s recovery. You are all Angels on Earth as far as I’m concerned ❤ Prayers and Love to the family and friends. 🙏

How can a diesel show end up as a reality series that has the ability to make a grown man shed a tear or two. You guys are incredible. I hope you keep doing amazing things like this.

I won't lie, I'm a grown man and this made me cry. You guys do amazing work.

The way you guys use your platform and heavy equipment to help people who desperately need it is indescribable. Bless you guys and keep up the great work

I’ve just recently found this channel and am touched by the thoughtfulness toward the family who lost their loved one. I’m from Chehalis Washington and am also a pilot. This channel is using its fame and fortune for good. Major fan after seeing the heart of this channel. God Bless.

Total respect for everyone that pitched in on the recovery. This is the real American way. Big hearts and big goals.

Now THIS is what being American is all about! Taking care of your fellow countrymen and women without hesitation! I just wished that more could be like you guys, and those who do things like this without much recognition get that recognition and be saluted as nothing but genuine heroes! Keep up the amazing and honorable work guys! 🙂👍 ❤

Your peace and comfort is no mistake that gentleman died by the sounds of it doing what he loves And you seem to be doing what you love this stuff doesn’t happen by mistake

thank you as a pilot that has crashed in the wilderness and almost died for my troubles I am grateful to you for helping to bring a fellow pilot home to be laid to rest so that his family doesn't spend the rest of thier lives mourning for a body that cannot be recovered.

As a wife of a retired commercial airline pilot and me being a private pilot- with gratitude and tears for what you have done to help this family. Thank you is not enough 🙏🏻

As a GA pilot for 48 years, and a sheriff sgt for 28... I have seen the reports and photos of many accidents and viewed wreckage after recovery, and I've been on many a crime scene. This is the first "on scene" recovery I've had the opportunity to witness. This was an outstanding video, compassionate, sensitive, and professional in every respect. Thank you.

As an aviator myself, I say, " Bravo. " job well done. A noble cause.

What the World needs more of, is people like all the people who helped Wayne and his family. The World would be soooo much better!! I pray for Waynes family. ✝️♥️🙏🏼🙏🏼

My heart hurts so badly for a family I didn't know 36 minutes ago. With every ounce of my being I wholeheartedly thank everyone involved in Wayne's recovery. I am one person, but I am grateful for you all.

As a former Army helicopter pilot and Vietnam veteran, I was very touched by the efforts of the Diesel Brothers and all involved. You show the spirit of "leave no man behind" that has always been a creed of Army aviation, one that we all took very seriously. To see the love, care, and effort that everyone involved put into this recovery was quite touching and made me proud. You are good men and I'm proud to know you even if it is just through this online medium. God bless each and every one of you!!

This broke my heart as a father, brother and son.. You guys are some real angels for people in need. All respect for you guys!

Because of you and your crew I still believe in humanity and kindness.. thank you for helping that family

If no one has ever said this before, HeavyDSparks is basically a human angel walking amongst us !! He always jumps on board to help someone ! You're amazing

🙏 Fly high with the angels, Wayne! Rest in Paradise! Thank you for all you do, Dave! Much love!

Dave and crew... I can only imagine the peace you brought this family. Its hard enough to grieve let alone having all these obstacles. Thank you so much for helping them grieve. Much love! 💞

I randomly come across your videos and like them, but seeing what you did here definitely made me subscribe. You're good people.

Every time I think HeavyD can’t get any more generous he goes and does it again. Amazing team you’ve created.

is it just me.....or does Diesel Dave seem like one of the best people a person can be?? Always smiling, always hugging, always cheering and making the best of some bad situations!!! DUDE is a real one for sure.

When my child was found passed away, her belongings were given to me a year after… her bag, driving licence, keys, phone.. and a ring that my younger daughter was desperate for… it meant the world to us… you are amazing people.

a sad story of a man who passed, doing what he loved to do, and you guys brought comfort and closure, a job well done.

This hits very close to home for me. My dad crashed and perished in his Lancair Legacy in the El Dorado forest in May of 2011. He was supposed to arrive at our ranch in the afternoon but never did. I had the unfortunate burden of getting the process started of trying to locate him. Initially your thoughts go from one of hope that maybe he had to divert to a remote airstrip without any services where he can't get ahold of his family to hoping he's not cold or trapped in the plane and its just a matter of time before he's found alive to the shock that someone has found the wreckage and no one survived. Getting that personal effects bag all sealed up and touching the very items your dad had used bet perished with is still emotional for me. sometimes I will look through his logbook and see the trips we went on and reflect upon it with happiness. It took SAR volunteers 48 hours to find the crash site. All of the things in this video regarding the banks and accounts needing a death certificate to continue paying bills or accessing the money are 100 percent true. I commend you, Ryan McDonald with Northwoods Helicopters, the Pateys and everyone who committed their time and resources to helping this family move on from what can only be described as an instant and complete disruption to the their lives which will have lasting effects for many years. Great job Heavy D!

This is the sort of content that separates you from everyone else. Real stories real people. Genuine. Nicely done to you and the team.

You are incredibly generous with all that you do to help others. Thank you for being a positive role model for many young people.

Respect, bro. As a retired uk emergency and rescue, I can say how much of a respectful courtesy you did the families here. 👍

As a career firefighter, rescue medic and a pilot, I feel honored to have seen this. The main media is full of lies and garbage, yet this type of story goes largely untold. This makes the internet worth it for sure. What an amazing group of people, who saw this terrible story and decided to actually help. My heart goes out to Wayne and his family, but you for sharing this story.

There isn’t a single person/team I respect more than HeavyD and his guys. The enthusiasm to help those in desperately difficult situations is unmatched. Thank you, for everything you guys do!

I've seen some of your work before, but this one was absolutely the most powerful and spiritual to me. Several heavy tears moments. Goddamn you guys are appreciated.

Man I’ve preached funerals of some folks I didn’t know, family and friends.. But stepping back and watching this just brings tears.. God bless this family and y’all as well…

As a volunteer firefighter I just wanna say these guys are a major encouragement. There is nothing better and more fulfilling then giving your time, effort and energy to help others in need. To the dave sparks,his crew, the patey brother's and all the rest yall are amazing

As a sister pilot and former military aviation disaster responder, I am very glad that it was fellow aviators who coordinated and executed this mission. Way to be be good wingmen, guys. ❤

Over a year later and this story still gets to me. Thank you, so much, for taking this on. I learned of your helping this family after an extensive and exhausting campaign to try to find locals to help. It pained me to see so many in the aviation community, not want to get involved. Thank you, again for your work.

You guy's are Good People . Enough said.

As somebody who lives three hours away from this incident, and I live in Linn County. I want to say thank you for all your hard work. I wish we had more people like you.

I don’t think there is a man or woman that watched this that didn’t shed a tear very heavy. Thank you for bringing this to us all I’m sure it was hard on you all and might only still be sinking in to what you all were involved in and what it means to this family. Your a bunch of legends. Cheers to you all from Darwin Australia.

The work you guys do is something special. Putting yourselves in potential danger to save and recover or just searching for someone with no guarantee they’re even there. Keep up the good work!

What you guys did is admirable. Thank you all. An unselfish act of true kindness.

As a fellow aviator, thank you for using your resources and huge heart to help out this family! This world needs more people like you!! ❤

I don’t think this will ever be surpassed… you and your teams generosity and respect is a pure reminder that there are great people in this world who will help anyone at any time.

Huge admiration for the acts of kindness you and your people do. I wish the whole world was as compassionate, kind and giving.

You're a wonderful person for helping another person in pain and suffering and the many times you guys do so many great things for people and you have given so much back to humanity. God loves you guys.

Dude, the stories, the cinematography, the music, the emotion, the editing! You sir, and your team, are killing it these days! Some of the most compelling RU-vid video on RU-vid! I can’t say enough, well done. You’re a good egg Charlie Brown!❤

Never seen such an incredible group of people, helping the desperate in need. May that fellow aviator rest in peace.

😮 just watch two of your videos and I must congratulate you and those who helped you to these recoveries. You are doing great work and thank you for helping solve this very😢😢 trying situation. Glad you got the support of the friendly volunteers. ❤. These recoveries are in very difficult and dangerous terrain, keep safe.

I've never seen your videos before and I am so glad you turned up on my page. You are a wonderful human being with a family of friends just as wonderful. You make me feel that humanity may be ok

After watching this video I am sold on the fact that you and your crew have hearts of gold. We need more people in the world like you guys. Giving the family that closure was critical. Great work guys

Thank you bro As a fellow pilot I have nothing but respect for the hole crew that took part of this recovery. “Rest in peace Wayne”

This was a very generous thing to do, it’s thanks to people like y’all that there is still hope and beauty in this world, great job guys, keep on keeping on.

Such an amazing group of people you are. To do ALL of this - primarily caring more for the family than for profit (or - as in many of your recoveries) loss. You guys are really, the best of the best. Thank you.

Your respect and dignity you gave Mr Wirt is down right amazing. You were able to show what it takes to do such a recovery while maintaining the respect something like this deserves. ❤

Kudos to all you guys who jumped in and solved an impossible situation. This was a really uplifting story for a Sunday morning. God bless you all.

Wow, i teared up at the end. What a story. Thanks for sharing and helping this family in need. Well done.

I am truly amazed at how willing you are to lend a helping hand with people in need may God bless you you have a huge heart

Although I am not an Aviator, I am a human being and my hat is off to everyone involved in this recovery. You all handled it with the utmost care and compassion for Wayne and his family. I have been a subscriber to your channel for a long time but today you proved to me that I made the right decision to sub to your channel. And to Waynes family, I want to extend my sincerest condolences for your loss. RIP Mr Wirt,

I'm an aviator also HD. Helo, fixed wing and small UAS pilot. Got to be honest. It's hard to "enjoy" this presentation under the circumstances. Having said that, I truly appreciate what you and the assembled team did for this family. I have lost friends due to aircraft accidents and it is not an easy time even when you have immediate access to remains... You are a blessing brother...

Cameron did a great thing by letting you know about this. Thank you for taking on this project and putting it together. The kindness and generosity of everyone who worked on this project is amazing. You all rescued this family in so many ways. Thank you for taking on this extremely difficult project. Thank you for leaving crash site pristine. Nature is sacred and essential. These areas must be protected and preserved for the future. God bless all of you, as well as Wayne's family and friends.😮

you and your team are amazing. I have been following your channel for a few months now and I wish there were more people in the world like you who help out people in need.

Dave and his crew deserve some sort of recognition for what they do paid or not nothing changes BIG heart ♥️ Massive community right here 🤙

Seeing Dave and the crew use their skills, connections, and finances to help people in need is tremendous. We need more people like y’all around.

Thanks for what you do. We never know how long we have with loved ones. Taking the burden off this family is awesome

I have watched your content for YEARS from the TV to utube and just when i thought you guys couldnt do anything cooler, you guys do this. Makes me speachless and greatful to know that people like you and your crew still exist!

As a fellow aviator and Oregon resident, thank you guys for doing this. It’s comforting to know the aviation community is full of great people.

"This is a brother, this is one of our guys". What I'm most impressed by here is not the recovery, but how amazing you guys are with people and talking to the family who lost a loved one.

Im in awe at how you guys handled this entire situation. Such respect and care. God bless each of you immensely.

I appreciate the balance between respect and necessity. I'm so glad that it worked out very well and quickly done. The first comment I saw was from his grandchild and I felt so emotional. Well done guys thank you.

As a fellow aviator I'm gaining huge respect for you and your entire crew. I 've been following your vids for some time now and know that you have a huge heart. Thank you for all you do.

As a veteran of military aviation (years of A&P school before that), a SCUBA Divemaster, and outdoorsman, I greatly respect the effort put in by the entire team. People like you keep our communities alive. Bravo Zulu. For our fallen brother, Fair Winds, a d Following Seas, we'll see you on the other side. For now, we have the Watch.

You all set the example of how we all should aspire to be. Thank you for all you do and who you are.

Prayers for Wayne and his Family after that terrible loss. I'm happy you guys got him back home and he got to take one last flight over that beautiful resting place. Thanks to everyone who threw time, effort, and money into that.

Dude, you are in a truly UNIQUE situation, to have the skills, equipment and motivation, to help people in some very dire and difficult situations. You're efforts are much appreciated. My condolences to the family.

This was amazing to watch! You guys have big hearts and are wonderful people. To Wayne's family - Love and prayers to you as you go through this tough time!

My hat is off to you Heavy D and crews. Thank you for your generosity and compassion you have shown to the Wirt family.

The biggest hero in this story, apart from the man who reared a great family and unfortunately died, was the mother. She is incredibly strong to be able to deal with this situation as gracefully as she did and may her husband forever rest in peace.

You and your family and crew have a great heart full of compassion. Thank you for the way you all worked to help this family in a time of sorrow and pain. May God bless you and all that were involved. To Wayne’s family I am sorry for your loss.

Thank you, all of you for your desire to serve others. God bless you.

The way you reach out and help those in need is a model that others should strive to live by. I cannot begin to imagine the weight you lifted off his wife’s burdened shoulders. God bless you Dave for simply being you and following your heart to be a better human. Although this was a tragic situation you made it somewhat bearable to his family … you’re appreciated kind sir❤️🙏🏻❤️

@HeavyDSparks just wanted to share that Cindy and our family were able to bring Wayne’s ashes home today and most of his personal effects. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We’re so blessed.

Such a touching video and I cried so much, sending love and condolences to Wayne’s family. Much love and gratitude for all who worked so quickly to help get him back home to his wife and family ❤HeavyDDparks you men are truly an amazing and special group of men who help with no questions asked. ❤

Out of all I have seen you guys do, this is the most beautiful and humble thing yet. Great job people..

Dave and his team are exceptional people. Real life heroes.

Thank you for doing what you do, and for being such an empathetic person. Nice to know humanity still has people like you AND your team!