In the late 1990s I was working on a Parker Drilling rig crew in Prudhoe Bay. During the summer months we were joined by a young college student who was working his way through college. One of his courses that he was most thrilled with was "commercial aviation", and his focus was helicopters. All through the summer our 12 man crew got to know a lot about that subject because of the outgoing and downright congenial attitude of Brian. One crew meetings free time took over where the last one left off. I've known people who paid for Las Vegas shows who didn't have that much fun. Making a long story short, one of the last hysterical demonstrates he did was on a chair showing the crew how to "dead stick land" a helicopter. After all these years, I think I could pull it off and I'll bet half that drilling crew could too. That's what I call teaching. Proud to have known and prayed for that young man and that he has gone on to become an AH-64D/E instructor pilot with the US Army. Brian, Thank you and your family for your service. All blessing and honor for you.
