Hey weasel,

I know Joe_Black here does some flying too. I've always been interested in helicopters, and I took some lessons but it was more like testing the waters than anything else because I can't afford $165/hr for flight instruction right now. But I can keep a R-22 in a straight line at altitude. And I did one whole perfect approach. LOL! Down low, all the points of reference screwed me up because I over-reacted to any little twitch... it would yaw to one side and I'd give it some pedal to compensate - enough to spin it a 3/4 turn in place. :-) My dream would be to enroll at HAI a few hours south in Titusville and train there in both the Schweizer 300CB and R-22. The Robbie I flew in was sold soon afterward and crashed off Marathon Key on the very same night I got engaged. Student and instructor were okay - went down about 100 yds off the shore.