It looks like things are changing for me once again! While putting in another rousing half day for my current employer, my wife took a call for me from a company way down in New Mexico. I am now back in helicopters again. I will once again be working with a remotely stationed Bell 407 helicopter which just so happens to be one of my favorite machines. I will be handling all maintenance duties while my pilot will be a young lady that I have worked with in the past.

This should be an interesting summer and a good one! For those of you not familiar to me, I have had a 30 year career in helicopter maintenance beginning with the US Navy all the way back to the 1980's. A series of events over the last couple of years (some from outside sources and some of my own making) kept me out of my profession the last couple of years. It has been a rough ride but I have learned so much about myself and others due to the hardships. It is now time to claw my way back up and to be able to take care of my wife the way she deserves to be taken care of.

For those of you not familiar with the Bell 407 helicopter, here are a few fun facts. First, this machine is more or less an updated version of the Bell 206 series Long Ranger which boasts the best safety record of all aircraft currently flying. It is simply a good machine. The Bell 407 is a four bladed helicopter that can carry six passengers plus the pilot. It is powered by a Rolls Royce C47 engine which is FADEC controlled. Fadec is short for Fully Automatic Digital Engine Control. Long story short, the engine for this machine has a brain!

After all of my pre employment requirements that will now begin, I will be taking a trip (with camera in hand) from Alaska to New Mexico for orientation, training, and to ensure my machine is ready to go for the summer. I am ready and looking forward to this new adventure.

Just as my life is always changing, so does my blog. My blog as well as life are meant to be fluid. Stay tuned. Things are going to start heating up again! Thank you Ted, for seeing that I still have what it takes to get the job done! Please note that the picture for this posting is not of my current company machine, rather an older picture that I had in one of my files. Much more to come!!!!!!!