The rhythm of the rotor

Since I've been in Perth I've been continuing my percussion journey; learning the Djembe, Duns and Marimba. The rad group of people I get to play music with each week have listened to me talk about my dream of becoming a pilot and watched me get there. It was therefore a pretty special flight to take up Alastair, Deb and Warren around the city of Perth. Alastair was playing the thumb piano and praying to a god he doesn't believe in during the taxiing of the aircraft, but once airborne his fears fell away! 

The next flight could almost be viewed as my first flying job! Rotorvation asked if I'd like to ferry the chopper down to an event where they were doing scenic flights in Manjimup. It was the most southern location I've flown to in WA and the longest flight I've done in the R44. There and back for the weekend was 3.3 hours(!), and all at a very reduced rate compared with what I'm normally charged to fly the R44. The "Manjimup 15000" is a dirt motorbike racing weekend and Arron from Rotorvation was providing scenic flights. We flew down Saturday morning, camped overnight on Saturday (with temperatures dropping to about 1C!!) before flying back to Jandakot to make last light Sunday afternoon.

And then Emily visited! Another very close friend of mine (and another drummer) flew to Perth for a week. We've talked about this flight for a long time so having it come to fruition was awesome. Sue (yet another drummer mate) also came along for the ride.