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 and you too!

S55/WS55III were great fun, and the S58/Wessex60, then there's the S61N, H300, H269, H500, B204, 205, 205+, 209, 212, 214ST, 222, F28C, A109MkII, A109C, S76A, A+, B, C, C+, C++ (never did the D), AS350D, AS365NII, BK117A and B series, EC135P/T series, Brantley B2, BO105 (very early version), then the H13, UH1series, AH1G, OH58A, OH6A I forget the rest, 22,000 hours, no incidents or accidents and lots of fun, but the pay wasn't like the airlines.  Airline friends called it working for a living, while they pushed buttons.  Well, some of the helicopters above could be pushed buttoned to a hover, and back down to a hover off an ILS - but both were a tad tricky.  Lots of travel, like being on the nose of a drone my whole career.  The stories I can tell, but usually don't, they're all mine!  Considering the popularity of drone footage, the helicopter pilot has it all!!