Well some of you may know and others may not but Chris has ALWAYS wanted to fly helicopters...so for his birthday this year I got him his initial training, which is just the first of many, but now the ball is rolling and he will start to build his hours and work towards all of his ratings which will ultimately be his commercial rating, but first things first, his private license.
He spent Tuesday August 28 in Detroit, he had 5 hours of ground training and 1 1/2 hours of flight time. As you can see from the picture the helicopter they train in is not huge and he said it was a little nerve racking when they would bank and there were no doors on the aircraft!!! He had a great time though and came home more excited than a kid in a candy store (I think he was more excited than Charlie when he got the Golden Ticket) :) SO as you can all imagine I have been given some BIG hints on Christmas gifts already...but I don't think I can fit a helicopter into a stocking:) so he may have to write to santa...
He spent Tuesday August 28 in Detroit, he had 5 hours of ground training and 1 1/2 hours of flight time. As you can see from the picture the helicopter they train in is not huge and he said it was a little nerve racking when they would bank and there were no doors on the aircraft!!! He had a great time though and came home more excited than a kid in a candy store (I think he was more excited than Charlie when he got the Golden Ticket) :) SO as you can all imagine I have been given some BIG hints on Christmas gifts already...but I don't think I can fit a helicopter into a stocking:) so he may have to write to santa...
