Joel Struthers
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And the Super Freelon.
332, sorry. Okay, I've seen those. Okay, I've seen those. And then the Super Pumos coming into effect when I left. So we would do the Halos out of those. And then they had the Super Fraylon. How do you spell that? Yeah, so Super is Super. And the Fraylon was Fox, Romeo, Echo. F-R-E-M-O-N. Yeah, F-R-E-L-O-N. I understood what you were saying. Michael's over there in vapor locks. And I think...
332, sorry. Okay, I've seen those. Okay, I've seen those. And then the Super Pumos coming into effect when I left. So we would do the Halos out of those. And then they had the Super Fraylon. How do you spell that? Yeah, so Super is Super. And the Fraylon was Fox, Romeo, Echo. F-R-E-M-O-N. Yeah, F-R-E-L-O-N. I understood what you were saying. Michael's over there in vapor locks. And I think...
332, sorry. Okay, I've seen those. Okay, I've seen those. And then the Super Pumos coming into effect when I left. So we would do the Halos out of those. And then they had the Super Fraylon. How do you spell that? Yeah, so Super is Super. And the Fraylon was Fox, Romeo, Echo. F-R-E-M-O-N. Yeah, F-R-E-L-O-N. I understood what you were saying. Michael's over there in vapor locks. And I think...
I think one of the original, um, uh, Rambo movies, they use that as a, uh, a hind. I actually could see why that, that has, but it's, uh, it's like a single, single rotor system. Chinook really size wise. It's got the ramp in the back. They don't use them anymore. I think the French are the only ones or sort of the Chinese are the only ones that still fly them.
I think one of the original, um, uh, Rambo movies, they use that as a, uh, a hind. I actually could see why that, that has, but it's, uh, it's like a single, single rotor system. Chinook really size wise. It's got the ramp in the back. They don't use them anymore. I think the French are the only ones or sort of the Chinese are the only ones that still fly them.
I think one of the original, um, uh, Rambo movies, they use that as a, uh, a hind. I actually could see why that, that has, but it's, uh, it's like a single, single rotor system. Chinook really size wise. It's got the ramp in the back. They don't use them anymore. I think the French are the only ones or sort of the Chinese are the only ones that still fly them.
Yeah. Fair one. Yeah. Jolly.
Yeah. Fair one. Yeah. Jolly.
Yeah. Fair one. Yeah. Jolly.
Yeah. Um, so that, you know, being in the back, watching the guys all the time, um, Yeah, I just, it was neat. And then I came after six years, I was 29. And it was either in the Legion, you can do eight years or you can do 15 and get a small pension at 15.
Yeah. Um, so that, you know, being in the back, watching the guys all the time, um, Yeah, I just, it was neat. And then I came after six years, I was 29. And it was either in the Legion, you can do eight years or you can do 15 and get a small pension at 15.
Yeah. Um, so that, you know, being in the back, watching the guys all the time, um, Yeah, I just, it was neat. And then I came after six years, I was 29. And it was either in the Legion, you can do eight years or you can do 15 and get a small pension at 15.
At eight, you get, you actually get everything back that you put into the social system, like your taxes. So you get a chunk of change back. Interesting. Yeah. Because you're not going to be using it, right? So they got back to it. And the Legion, we can come back to it later on, but Legion is a part of the French military. So you're paying into the French military. tax system.
At eight, you get, you actually get everything back that you put into the social system, like your taxes. So you get a chunk of change back. Interesting. Yeah. Because you're not going to be using it, right? So they got back to it. And the Legion, we can come back to it later on, but Legion is a part of the French military. So you're paying into the French military. tax system.
At eight, you get, you actually get everything back that you put into the social system, like your taxes. So you get a chunk of change back. Interesting. Yeah. Because you're not going to be using it, right? So they got back to it. And the Legion, we can come back to it later on, but Legion is a part of the French military. So you're paying into the French military. tax system.
So at 29, I was kind of looking at my peers, seeing what was happening. This is all pre-9-11, so the global war on terror was not happening yet. And things were becoming somewhat repetitive. And I was always a guest in their army. I was always Canadian. I didn't get my French citizenship. I could have. And I decided to come home. Knew nothing about helicopters, especially on the commercial side.
So at 29, I was kind of looking at my peers, seeing what was happening. This is all pre-9-11, so the global war on terror was not happening yet. And things were becoming somewhat repetitive. And I was always a guest in their army. I was always Canadian. I didn't get my French citizenship. I could have. And I decided to come home. Knew nothing about helicopters, especially on the commercial side.
So at 29, I was kind of looking at my peers, seeing what was happening. This is all pre-9-11, so the global war on terror was not happening yet. And things were becoming somewhat repetitive. And I was always a guest in their army. I was always Canadian. I didn't get my French citizenship. I could have. And I decided to come home. Knew nothing about helicopters, especially on the commercial side.
I had saved up enough money, sent it home and invested it over those six years that I had enough to pay for my license, which was, I think it wasn't far off of 70 grand at the time.