Why I Decided to Fly Helicopters
Ned,
It looks like the count is still under 100. Anyway, I hope I'm not too late! So then, here's why I decided to fly helicopters...
Around 2006-2007 I was a new Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and was in a "casual" assignment waiting for my pilot training class. The B-1 bomber pilots at my base told me how cut-throat the fighter pilot track was and urged me to consider something else. After some research, I learned the Air Force flew helicopters for search and rescue. This convinced me to see what flying a helicopter was all about. I paid for an hour with an instructor and got to try my hand at hovering an R22, then flew up and down the coast near Santa Ana, California. The rest is history...
Alex