Helicopters!

So... lots of people have heard me talk about my "sister who's a helicopter pilot". This weekend I visited her at work, and check out these pictures!

This is my sister, Heidi, in front of the news helicopter:

I learned that all but one of Dallas' local news channels use these helicopters. The one directly behind Heidi is for channels 4 and 5 (they share a helicopter), and the one behind that is for channel 11.

This is the camera they use to shoot the news. It is somehow steady in that thing so that it doesn't produce a shaky video.

This thing that looks like an udder on the bottom of the helicopter is called a "pod" and is used to send and receive signals with the people at the tower... that's how they're able to do live feeds from the helicopter.

And here's Heidi at the controls.

I had a great time in Dallas and got one more look at the house before closing next Friday! So excited... it's almost here.

Oh! Update from the Game On Diet--I've lost 3.4 lbs!