Original Message

 As I hovered around my home airport one spring an S-64 and suport MD-500 came and went each day. I knew I wanted one day to fly a crane.

 Some 15 years went by and I flew B-206L's and then MD-500's but YES! An acquaintance helped me land an sic job with mighty Erickson. I tolled two seasons before realizing the S-64 is just a large, uncomfortable helicopter at a company managed by suited fools with MBA's and corner offices far from real aviation.

 Now, I fly a beat up MD-500 at a small utility making other people millionaires.