I arrived home this morning. It's freezing cold, and I wish I'd stayed there.
Right, someone wanted to know about costs etc...
I did a total of 52.6 hours flying:
25 hours @ $120, hour building (traffic watch) in B206 - $3000
2 hours plus 10 hrs groundschool for B206 transition - $1320
4.1 hours dual R44 @ $350 - $1435
10.4 hours dual R22 @ $185 - $1924
11.1 hours solo R22 @ $150 - $1665
TOTAL - $9344 = £6770 approx
This works out at £128.70/hour overall.
Fare to LA - £266
Accommodation - £285 approx
Car Hire - £345 approx
Petrol and food - negligible, and I have to eat and buy petrol at home.
Total - £900 approx.
So you could say this makes it £145.80/hr, or you could say I spent £900 on a holiday, depends how you look at it.
You could do it cheaper than I did, but I learned to fly two new types, and got a lot of instruction in things like mountain flying, which of course added to the cost.
From my point of view, I just had a really wonderful time, and now only need another 40 hours to get to 300!
Hope that's all useful. I'm off to bed!