Just finished a three day, 1,200+ mile solo cross country from Columbus, Mississippi to Alpine, Wyoming. She’s a brand new helicopter, with the new helicopter smell and pristine engine and transmissions bays, and an unblemished, shiny paint job. I enjoy these kind of flights, skimming over the countryside as it slowly transitions from the delta regions of the Mississippi River to the plains of the Midwest, to the mountains of Colorado and Wyoming. Quite beautiful, all of it. Ok maybe not Oklahoma, but whatever.
I was ferrying the helicopter from the Airbus factory to the owner’s home, which is where the photo was taken. It’s an exclusive enclave of sorts, built around a runway. Each home has a (large) hangar, such that you can pull your helicopter or biplane or jet out, taxi down your driveway, and promptly depart.