Hey at least you are good at it, our client described us as an “amateur circus” this afternoon 
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Clients talking like that are clowns themselves.
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It’ll be the red noses and green hair, always a give away. 
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Well I survived one more orbit, the 44th, around the sun…
But I feel at least 15 minutes younger.
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Happy Birthday m8!
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Happy B-day!
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Happy birthday buddy!!
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Hear hear!
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Just be careful when you turn 88, don’t just post the number everywhere, because… well, you know…
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Yup! know that.
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Happy birthday 
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In celebration of your birthday @komemiute I flew Italian!
Quite a ride. I now understand force trim.
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Finally got the ticket! Going CPL was a good choice for learning but it added a huge time and financial commitment.
My instructor, Gurvinder (pictured). He starts Coast Guard OCS in June. He has only been instructing for a year and has never signed off a student for a checkride or to solo. So that, on top of my own dubious competence, made him a nervous wreck. He and Gabe, another CFI at the school, spent two hours filtering through the Robinson’s logs and wiping the bird down to something close to a shine. “Kids” today constantly remind me of what a lazy, inconsiderate d*** I must have been in my 20s. The future is bright.
Bob, the FAA examiner and former Army pilot, made this the most instructive checkride by far I have ever taken. There was one point where he took the controls and hover-taxied around the obstructed LZ that he wanted me to later recon and land on. While he flew, he described the thought process I should be exercising as I consider the trees, the surface and the slope. THAT is how a checkride should be done!
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Good work!
And…with that cert you can get paid taking people on bikini sightseeing tours here along the beach! I only ever see one (R-44 I’m guessing) but there’s, well, a lot of ‘sights’ - surely too many for just one chopper?
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Awesome!
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Thanks! But I will NEVER (where’s the forum tool for UNDERLINE?) NEVER fly a helicopter for pay. I just wanted to check off a dream I’ve had since I was two. No kidding, helicopters have always appealed to me. Since I was a kid, I only had three bucket list items: Get laid, fly helicopters and fly aerobatics. Now there’s just one left!
No wait. Zero left. That’s it. I can die now!
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