Update from Florida...it's Been Rough, the Living Accommodations are Sparse...

We arrived in Florida for Mi-17 training last Sunday...the place we're staying at is on a highway and the noise is sort of constant. The weather is so so and we've been cooking for ourselves too...

So here are a couple pictures of the place we're staying at for the month while we learn how to fly a Russian built flying dump truck. They build stuff a little...well, okay, a lot different than the non-commie type countries (like they did things to make it harder for pilots to defect back in the day...)

anyway....the view and constant noise is oh yeah, the gulf surf on the beach. 

and this is our completely hetero convertible? um...but we are in Florida so we had to rent it right? Okay it's kinda metro...

and the Mi- we're gonna fly...the guys that are going to teach us just picked this bird up a few days ago...so they're working the kinks out...and they flew by the beach condo for us...