July 2018 Student of the Month
Meet Anthony Rochon, age 27. He currently holds his Private Pilot and hails from California.
What point in your life did you know you wanted to fly helicopters?
What is your favorite helicopter to fly?
What obstacles have you had to overcome to get where you are today?
The sticker price on what I love is certainly the most easily identifiable hurdle, especially because this venture is privately funded. Yet where the will is strong, one can find the energy and courage to persevere through any challenge.
Where do you hope your training will take you? Goals?
If it’s showing an enthusiastic somebody how to fly or aid in dousing out a fire, certainly hope this training can be used to help people. The aim is to discover the world and a helicopter flight may be the only transportation available in remote locations.
What advice would you give to people just starting out in there training?
Welcome aboard! Here is my contact information and if you have any questions or just want a friendly face to conversate with, let’s make some time:]
What has been your favorite experience while flying with MLH?
How did you pick MLH?
Made the decision to move to Hawaii beginning this year.
Whats your favorite thing about flying in Hawaii/ at MLH?
In short: celebrating personal milestones and honoring others in their achievements, enjoying the rare opportunities that is Hawaii 2018 (aerial nighttime lava viewing, charting an 80 nm leg across the Pacific, weathering the hurricane, et cetera), living in a place folks take the time to visit, musing over the inevitable future the firmament, the waters above, and I have together
Are you looking to kickstart your aviation career? You could be our next Student of the Month!