Professional Passenger...

It's a rare occasion when I am able to experience what Brett does day in and day out. Though I have been more fortunate than other pilot wives, I'm up to about 18 or so flights in a helicopter in 4 years. 4 of which have been just Brett and I.

I think I love flying just as much as my husband. I have been telling him for years now, that for a  Bday present I want an Intro Flight, ( to learn more about one of those thing-a-ma-bobs click here ) . I have yet to enjoy one of those, though 2 years ago on my birthday, I did get to fly with him for the first time by ourselves. 

The view from above amazes me every time. I feel like a kid again playing city with my hot-wheels and micro-machines; and building miniature cities with legos. That's what is feels like. Nothing compares to flying in a helicopter. No runways, still being able to see detail on buildings and people swimming in their pools because of the ability to fly lower than everyone else, no tiny windows that only allow you to see a square foot of the outside world. I love it and I couldn't be more enthusiastic and proud about what my man does for a living! 

Well enough of that gushy stuff; back to this weekend...

Brett called me Friday afternoon and told me to find a sitter so that I could go with him on a flight over to Dallas Love. He had a firework tour and was to pick up his passengers there. So I got to go along (probably the only opportunity I will get here in the Big State) so of course I did all I could so that I could go!

The Hunk, pre-flighting

Why am I always the one looking dumb, and he is never paying attention!

So EXCITED!!!!

#1 Rule of living in Texas: Own a pool!!

Not the best pic, but the dome in the distance is Cowboys stadium
and the bright stadium lights to the right of it is Rangers Stadium.
There was a Rangers game that night so there was a TFR
(temporary flight restriction), so this was as close as we could get.

This was the first time I thought it was weird that there were no mountains, I miss my Wellsville's

Object in camera lens is closer than they appear! This dude was on top of us,
at a safe distance of course.

Downtown Dallas

Awesome Date Night!!!!

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Commercial Helicopter pilot!!!

Today I passed my helicopter checkride! Thanks to Tiara and all of her love and support. I am lucky to have her.

My 4th of July as a Pilots Wife...

So For the 4th Brett and I were in charge of the Float for the Hyrum parade for Mountain Ridge Helicopters (Brett's work and school). I of course was in charge of the decorations, and it turned out pretty cute. But unfortunately the pictures don't do it any justice.
This is a picture of the smoke ball that Mark lit so that we in the helicopter could tell which way the wind was blowing...great idea mark!


This is us making a flyover to inspect that nothing is in our way of landing.

No one would believe that we landed the helicopter on this tiny 16foot trailer but we did!

Brett and Trevor were the amazing pilots that made the awesome touch down. And it only took two tries! I thought it was going to be more. That is me in the back, I was videoing our land onto the trailer. It was intense!! It was also my first time flying with the doors off and it was so awesome!!! I would recommend it to anyone!!

Mark was guiding us onto the trailer and making sure that we were straight and in the middle so that when we touched down the trailer didn't tip. If you look close you will notice that we are in a hover above the trailer about a foot off of it while we are chatting away with mark! I FREAKIN LOVE HELICOPTERS!!

And...WE DID IT!!

We had to wait forever in the parking lot for the parade to start, but we turned alot of heads and made people interested.

The Crew that helped us decorate! Thanks everyone.

We were the grand finally of the parade!

You see the cute decorations, we used quilting stuffing to make cute puffy clouds as if the heli was flying thru them.

We could not believe how many people there were at this small town parade!

Ya we ran out of candy pretty quickly

Here is the booth that we had at the park afterwards.

And here we are taking off to go home. All in all it was a great day.









Once I get a chance I will post more pictures and the video of Landing on the trailer. But in the meantime checkout the schools website... mountainridgeheli.com

Sweet heli

Yesterday we had our open house at the heli school I work at. Tiara and I organized the event and worked our butts off and was rewarded with an awesome turn out. This is a picture of our heli that won the race against the motorcycle. What an awesome day. And I am so thankful for all my wifes support and help!

Ride of a Lifetime...

So we are not good at this blogging lately... But here it is. So ever since Brett and I started on the journey of Helicopters, I told him that I was to be the first one he gets to take up in the air! So for my Valentines Day Gift Brett took me up in the R44 (the 4 seater helicopter). P.S. This was also the VERY FIRST TIME Brett flew the R44!

Happy 22 Tiara!

Its my special sweethearts birthday today!

Official pilot!

Today I flew this lovely banana... Uh I mean yellow helicopter in Caldwell, ID and I passed my test to get my privates license! My wife is an official pilots wife!

I will now start my instrument and commercial rating.