up with the sparrows

Heli deck at dawn
Originally uploaded by darenpackham.

Me and the boys were up early today. We had to prepare the chopper for launch and an excited heli pilot who has been waiting for insurance and flight clearance for a week..
I was scarily in charge of deck operations and had given the book a good falling asleep over the night before.

So there we were. Blades unsecured, strapps undone, fire equipment in place, spammy suits donned, radios checked...