When you’re flying, it’s easy (and sometimes good) to get caught up in the technical details. Even as everything goes as planned, a pilot’s head is often swimming with procedures, routes, regulations… Between sweating the details (which we always do) and flying an often familiar route, it’s easy to lose sight of the pure fun and excitement of being in the air.
That’s why it’s so refreshing to be with our students and customers for important moments in their lives. When you send a student off for his first solo and see him come back with that “I can do this!” smile on his face you remember your own first time, and when you fly above the city or along the beach on a beautiful evening, you remember why you started flying in the first place.
It must have been Valentine’s day that started the trend, but in the last two weeks we’ve been privileged to be with several couples when they became engaged 500 feet above the bright lights of Boston. Jennifer got her boyfriend a helicopter tour for his birthday (great idea!) only to get a surprise when he pulled out an engagement ring over the city, and Amos coordinated the whole event ahead of time, right down to finding the most breathtaking point in the tour to surprise his girlfriend with a breathtaking ring. A few days later, we got the chance to take a recently married couple for a flight over some special places so they could get another look at the spot where he proposed to her, and the park where they got married.
A helicopter ride is a great way to fall in love with the city again, or for the first time, as you see it from a whole new perspective. It’s also a great gift, a great date, and a way to make a special moment even more memorable. It’s our pleasure to fly with you, and our privilege to be a part of special moments in the lives of our customers. We wish you all the best.
