Departing Ceduna to Port Augusta and Broken Hill
Day 21: Everyone was up before dawn for another early start to the day this morning, with the crew preparing the aircraft for departure in the dark whilst waiting for the sun to break on the horizon. Today ...
What do you want to do! Fly a chopper. 28 years of marriage and you would think she believes I’m still a kid. At 59, I needed a new challenge, I have never flown a plane myself but decided the finances and planets are in alignment.
Buy a Bell 47 helicopter get my license? Sounds easy and it wasn’t. It tested me like nothing I have ever done. But here I was 60 and now a chopper pilot. Move on 3.5 years and 550 hours later and I am about to leave on my second journey by chopper. I can’t wait. The advantage of a chopper over fixed wing, I can take a toilet stop when I want.
Ciao, see you there.
Robison R44 VH-JKO
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