Waterford

Diary entry as follows: 5:30 a.m. call, flat tire on the way to the airport--arrived sweaty and harassed to be told that the flight was delayed 2 hrs. Not a good start. St. Thomas Airport was full of Hawaiian-shirt-clad pink cruise ship tourists on a wild duty-free spending spree. A call to the helicopter company revealed that the yacht was wanting the shot taken in St. John National Park restricted airspace--a crime punishable by hanging, no doubt… A front was moving in and threatened to cancel the whole job, but after 2 more hours (hanging out in the hangar with some good ol’ Texan mechanics popping Budweisers) a window opened. 25 min. later the job was in the bag and I was back at the airport lounge waiting for a delayed flight, again. After a final stop in St. Kitts--missed the connecting flight--finally reached Antigua 11 p.m. A long day for a 25-minute job...

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