Monthly Archives: June 2010

Off to Afghanistan

Well it finally happened… I’m going to Afghanistan to fly helicopters. I’m finishing ground school tomorrow and off to Dallas, Texas for my 212 endorsement.  In just under 4 weeks I fly out to Afghanistan for my first tour. The job is flying a 212 as a First Officer (two pilots are not normally required [...]

High Tech in the 1950′s

Wow, amazing to look at this photo and think of how much technology has advanced in 5 1/2 decades. It’s a hard disk drive  back in 1956… with 5 MB of storage.  In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the  first ‘SUPER’ computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD  weighed over a ton and [...]

Get Back to Work, Ya Bum!

OK, we’ll just blurt it out… Tracey and I got married yesterday. A quick and simple wedding with only her best friend and boyfriend and my best friend and the marriage commissioner. We started planning it a week ago. Now, in true helicopter pilot fashion, I’m off to work today for another 4 week tour. [...]