The New Bird

New school, new airport, new helicopter, new attitude. After flying only four helicopters in my two years as a pilot, adding a fifth is a big deal. The fact that this bird shares a hanger with an MD500, an MD520, a JetRanger and an R22 might make this the coolest helicopter I've ever flown.

Goodbye Geo

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn's rain.

When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush of birds in flight.
I am the stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die.

Mary Elizabeth Frye