Up, up and Hooray!

Well, for one thing – Sunday had the most awesome weather. For another thing, I snuck down to The Ganglands (aka Muggers walk) and flew the heli. In my downtime (which is quite often nowadays) I have to content myself with flying the simulator on the PC, and here’s the thing: it SUCKS compared to really flying. I’d forgotten how brilliant it feels to have the sun on my neck, blades chopping the air in front of me, methanol fumes billowing into my eyes, and then launching the-real-deal into a frenzied ascent. Throwing it around at the top. Streaking it past at breakneck speed. Gently sitting it down at my feet.

It’s days like these that remind me why I sold my kidney and bought into R/C helicopters!