SASless:
Prunefan....please to make sure when you take up your pasture meanderings all concerned know you are a still a bull.
...or full of it, anyway.
Speaking of bull...couple of us were sitting around shooting it recently. The youngest pilot began regaling us with tales of his flying with the infamous "Commander Chuck" Street, a chap in L.A. (USA) who has figured out an ingenious way to multiplex his 206 income by plastering it with Pepsi logos, getting paid as a broadcaster by three different radio stations and on top of that charging neophyte pilots a tidy sum to ride along with him and get a little stick time, and who has the audacity to claim that he "doesn't make any money" from that 206.
But I digress...
Our conversation turned to the current state of the art of ENG and I mentioned about the early days of flying around L.A. in an out-of-track Bell 47 with the door off and a cameraman hanging out the side holding a film, yes
film! camera in the days before video. Yes, it was we who invented the "shaky-cam" technique pioneered by the producers of "NYPD Blue."
The guys looked at me like I was ancient. Instead of breathlessly asking me what it was like to fly a "straight" G-model with a Franklin engine, I thought they might fall asleep. I stopped in mid-story and excused myself - said I had to go to the bathroom. Again.
Maybe my next career will be as a hypnotist. Or amnesia-prevention specialist.
Lu, you with me?