Mark and I met about 5 years ago when we worked at another flight school together as Instructors , I moved on and started my own business 'Blue Hill Helicopters' and Mark quickly followed to come and work for me .
Back then Mark and I were very new instructors and we had a great time working together, we even one day convinced Mark that somebody had seen rockets shooting from the skids of his helicopter whilst he was out on a training flight !
Mark is a true success story of the helicopter Industry, after gaining 1200 hours he moved to New York city and flew the Eurocopter AS350. He was laid off when the economy went bad and found himself out of work and back in MA with his then girlfriend Rachel.
Mark married Rachel on 10/16/2010 and 2 weeks before the wedding a position became available with Umass Worcester , Mark got the job and will be starting at his new base in worcester soon flying an EC145 . So remember if you work hard you can make it in this industry , Mark still maintains that his ability to fly the larger machines was helped by his time flying the Schweizer 300, he said that the conventional controls that the schweizer uses made the transition easy.
Thanks again to Mark and Rachel for letting me be the best man at the wedding .
I hope everyone will stop by and see him hanging out at the school on his days off, He will be happy to share his experiences of the helicopter industry and give you some great advice, Not many schools have success story's like this !
Hi Stephen! Tell Mark I said congrats on both the job and wedding!
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