It's in His Blood

It's not every day you find yourself on the front page of the business section of the Star-Telegram. Today, my Handsome Husband got to show the rest of the world what he is so passionate about. Helicopters. He loves those machines more than anything else on this planet except his family. He is passionate about the work that they perform. They save lives. Either on the battlefield or any given critical emergency, those machines are built to carry, lift, and fly people to safety. They truly are the workhorse of the aviation world. Think of Hurricane Katrina or the Tsumani in Indonesia without helicopters. What about the forest fires each summer in the backwoods of our nation. The helicopter takes people in and out of those dangerous situations as well as sling-loads water from any source available to save people and property. I have actually riden a helicopter out 75 or 80 miles into the Gulf of Mexico to the oil rigs. Those helicopters act like a giant bus from the shore to the rig taking people to and from their jobs across the ocean. (By the way, after spending a day on an oil rig, I vowed to never, ever complain about the price of gas again. And that was when it was $3 a gallon!) If you've ever watched 'The Guardian' with Kevin Costner, you've seen one of those amazing machines in action. And think of the last time you heard about the V-22 Osprey helicopter that takes off like a helicopter yet flies like a plane? You haven't heard much about it lately, because it's doing such a fantastic job in Iraq. It isn't making the news. (And that's a good thing!!) These machines get up and go to work each day, saving the lives of people in and out of the battlefield and anywhere else they are needed.

My Handsome Husband starting flying helicopters for the Utah National Guard when he was just a 19 year-old kid. And what they say is true; once you fly, it's in your blood. He went on to become the youngest pilot that the State of Utah had ever sent to flight school and even graduated with honors. He couldn't believe he was actually being paid to fly OH-58 Scout observer helicopters and UH-1H, (Huey) helicopters. He majored in aeronautical engineering at Arizona State Univeristy and flew AH-1S Cobra and Apache gunships for the State of Arizona. He is proud to say that he has close to 3000 hours of accident free flying.

My Handsome Husband LOVES his job. He is passionate about the product that he once flew and now sells. He has been given the opportunity to meet many wonderful people around the world that share his passion. I am so grateful that every morning when he leaves our home, he goes to work in an industry that he loves. Thank you Bell Helicopter for providing my Handsome Husband with a job that he loves!