I am the Aeronaut!

  The first rule of helicopter safety is don't move fast because loading and unloading a running helicopter is exciting.  It really is, you feel like you are special forces in a movie!  I had three helicopter flights over the last three days and it is a great new experience.  After you take off there is a moment of wrongness and fear and then it's a blast.  On the third day we landed on a ledge on the side of Jules island.  The pilots here really know their stuff and even in the high winds are accurate.  They did manage to blow a few of our bags down the hill when they came to pick us up.  We all had to just watch because the second rule is not to chase things a landing helo blows around.  More flights to follow next week, just something about a helicopter ride that makes me feel like Rambo!