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Thank you. In all honesty it was not patriotism that drove me; rather, it was something exciting and adventurous to do. As some of my friends and I agree, "we were young, stupid and had no future anyway, so why not?" Back in those days it was sleep, eat and breathe helicopter flying. I always identified with the Moon landings because the astronauts practiced with helicopters and the landings were like very, very steep approaches to a pad. The big differences were micro-jets instead of rotor blades, they were always tight on fuel and, we could usually make a go-around if we got in a bind.