Buzzed by a Copter? Now You Know Why
If you were camped out on BLM land near Quartzsite on Saturday the 19th, you may have noticed a low flying helicopter circling the area. In fact, you may have been with your buddies around the campfire and had an opportunity to wave at the chopper. Maybe you wondered what was up.Turns out a French photographer wanted to get some special shots of Quartzsite at the high season. Over a month ago he contacted an Arizona helicopter pilot to negotiate the flight--and finally, last Saturday, out of the blue, he made final contact, asking to go up.
Planning a helicopter flight over Quartzsite isn't the easiest thing to do, especially if you come in from some distance away. Maria Langer, the pilot who took the Phrench Photog up for his odyssey reflects on the matter in her blog, An Eclectic Mind. It makes for an interesting read.
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posted by Russ and Tiña De Maris at
11:11 AM
1 Comments:
Thanks very much for the link. Glad you liked my blog post.
And to all your readers: I'm very sorry if my flight annoyed any of you. I tried to make it as quick and painless as possible. But the photographer needed certain shots and that required certain flight maneuvers and that's what he was paying me for. Hope you weren't too bugged!
And if any of you come through Wickenburg on your way home from Quartzsite and want a helicopter ride, look me up. If you mention this post, I'll give you 20% off the usual rate for your flight. It's the least I can do to thank you for putting up with my overflights that day.
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Maria, at January 31, 2008 5:37 AM
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