As the 'new boy', the operation was made all the better for me by the guys who helped me along
Marty Hanna is a pilot's pilot: fixed wing night ag ops, tuna boat ops, bushfire fighting and EMS are all part of his background, plus his wife is a CPL : massive amount of help throughout the trip, thanks Marty
or his more usual pose
The engineer was a stalwart: the 'old school', he just kept on going like the Energiser bunny, and had a fix for the worst that happened. Peter Hearn spent all night in -30C fixing the broken Fuel Control on one AS350, outside at Dumont D'Urville. Mind you, the option was spending a month in a freezer suit, waiting for the first fixed wing flight home.
and he really misses his red beanie
Previous years, Peter was flat out on the flight deck all trip, but his workload was eased a bit by Brett Rankin coming along for the trip. Brett was knackered at the end of it, so I can only try to imagine how Peter managed on his own
