Joel Struthers

I think there was a dozen of us and it was 90 hours on the 22 and then 10 hours on the 206.

I think there was a dozen of us and it was 90 hours on the 22 and then 10 hours on the 206.

I think there was a dozen of us and it was 90 hours on the 22 and then 10 hours on the 206.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's your Kiowa, but not souped up yet. So it's your built Vietnam for the training, pre-205, 204, yeah. Bell. And a nice machine, you know. The R-22, as you know, it's a bit finicky.

That's your Kiowa, but not souped up yet. So it's your built Vietnam for the training, pre-205, 204, yeah. Bell. And a nice machine, you know. The R-22, as you know, it's a bit finicky.

That's your Kiowa, but not souped up yet. So it's your built Vietnam for the training, pre-205, 204, yeah. Bell. And a nice machine, you know. The R-22, as you know, it's a bit finicky.

It's small. You're not putting rocket punch. I struggled. I did not trust the R-22. It took me a long time. I didn't come out of there with flying colors by any means. You know, I was not a natural. I could say that. The VIH program, VIH is a big company. And the idea was that they could offer positions to those that shined. I did not get offered a position.

It's small. You're not putting rocket punch. I struggled. I did not trust the R-22. It took me a long time. I didn't come out of there with flying colors by any means. You know, I was not a natural. I could say that. The VIH program, VIH is a big company. And the idea was that they could offer positions to those that shined. I did not get offered a position.

It's small. You're not putting rocket punch. I struggled. I did not trust the R-22. It took me a long time. I didn't come out of there with flying colors by any means. You know, I was not a natural. I could say that. The VIH program, VIH is a big company. And the idea was that they could offer positions to those that shined. I did not get offered a position.

But hey, sometimes they say that those that don't really shine early on, they can long-term become a better pilot than the ones that are. I'm not saying that I did, but yeah, I wasn't a natural. And then I started for a company up in Northern BC.

But hey, sometimes they say that those that don't really shine early on, they can long-term become a better pilot than the ones that are. I'm not saying that I did, but yeah, I wasn't a natural. And then I started for a company up in Northern BC.

But hey, sometimes they say that those that don't really shine early on, they can long-term become a better pilot than the ones that are. I'm not saying that I did, but yeah, I wasn't a natural. And then I started for a company up in Northern BC.

um initially on the 206 just doing like seismic oil and gas stuff and then i got surveying you mean yeah and then uh um then what happened is uh obviously in the winter times there's not a lot of flying so uh there was a company called armor group in london that would take on ex-legionnaires anglophone with english and french and they had the relationship with halliburton oil in algeria

um initially on the 206 just doing like seismic oil and gas stuff and then i got surveying you mean yeah and then uh um then what happened is uh obviously in the winter times there's not a lot of flying so uh there was a company called armor group in london that would take on ex-legionnaires anglophone with english and french and they had the relationship with halliburton oil in algeria

um initially on the 206 just doing like seismic oil and gas stuff and then i got surveying you mean yeah and then uh um then what happened is uh obviously in the winter times there's not a lot of flying so uh there was a company called armor group in london that would take on ex-legionnaires anglophone with english and french and they had the relationship with halliburton oil in algeria

So I had two friends that had gotten out earlier and they said, you know, if you're looking for money, because obviously pay flying helicopters, the beginning is fuck all. So I went over to Algeria and sat on a oil rig for three months. Pay was good. And in fact, that's where I wrote Pell, the book.

So I had two friends that had gotten out earlier and they said, you know, if you're looking for money, because obviously pay flying helicopters, the beginning is fuck all. So I went over to Algeria and sat on a oil rig for three months. Pay was good. And in fact, that's where I wrote Pell, the book.