Fish story ,,,, death of a retired tuna pilot .
We lost Perry J. Krinitt last month in a hiller crash / idaho ... he was 42ish . Just google it . He worked in guam in the 90s. Ended up a Kmax pilot for years .
Rest in peace brother . Any old tuna dogs out there email me .
I figured I would post this for the scattered tuna pilots across the globe . I did the pilot /mech job from the 80 - 2002 . It went from great aircraft and accommodations to junk and foreign boats . The best combo was a Mechanic who had become a pilot . As I always said if you can drive a stick shift car in a hilly downtown area - you can fly a chopper .
Long gone are the good field mechs , everyone wants to down machines for
scratches in the blade tip cap , No 8130 for a rebuilt part . " the o-rings look old ".
I hear they are only selling daily boat fishing permits to some Island groups now . So they try to fly in and look for fish and buy the permit as needed . This might boost the aircraft used off boats .
Stay safe ,,,, Thanks HK