Forgot to say congratulations for starting a thread which hasn't turned into an anti-Robinson debate - although saying you were doing the trip in an R44 was tempting fate!
Rotorheads at its best. A PPL asks a question, and gets helped by professionals and a more experienced PPL.
It's good to see the forum back on track after some turbulence which now seems to have subsided - for ever, I hope.
[This message has been edited by Hoverman (edited 07 February 2001).]