Flying for RK

From August 2007 until December 2007, I worked for Rural King Supply. I did mainly IT work, but I also got to fly their helicopters on occasion. Rural King had three helicopters at the time, and they were used for executive transport from their main headquarters in Mattoon, IL to any of their 40+ stores in the Midwest. I got to fly executives around when my workload allowed, and I also got to fly to stores when there were major computer issues. I've moved on to CA now, doing strictly IT work. Rural King was a lot of fun, but the pay wasn't very good, the hours were really long, and the drive to Mattoon each day (3 hours round-trip) after working 10 hours just plain wore me out. I know there are a lot of people that do that kind of driving every day. To them I say, ARE YOU NUTS? Anyway, here is a picture of one of the Robinson R44 helicopters that I got to fly. I was able to bring one home from work one weekend when the weather was especially nice. This picture was taken at our farm, right on top of the "H" in the ground that designates the Brown Heliport, in Heyworth, IL.