Hello Everybody. Here you go! I must apologize for being away for so long. It's great to be back. I've had a lot of good changes in my life recently and been very busy. I have departed my regular helicopter job as a mech and the maint test pilot(no benefits at all) and found a job that has medical, dental insurance retirement etc... As much as I love working on airplanes and helicopters full time... not to mention flying

I had to make some changes in my life. It's been hard making a living in aviation because so many people are willing to do it for free or low cost. I've always been blessed with more work than I can acommidate but buying insurance on your own is getting prohibitive. I now work for a wonderful company that lets me enjoy aviation work in the evening and on the side. I'm now engaged to a wonderful woman who loves to fly and I've found out that planning a wedding is more work than it seems. Since my RV only has one seat... I had to use the helicopter for our engagement. I gave her an hour of dual instruction in the 300 and proposed to her in the helicopter(somebody has to fly while I dig for the ring

). Any volunteers for the flyover at the wedding?
