First week on the job!

I got to meet my main photographer, Daryl Mitchell. Daryl is awesome! He is a tall, boisterous comedian of a man. I was glad to finally put a face to the deep friendly voice I'd met on the phone. Daryl has a heart of gold-he has bent over backwards to help me set up my new office and hangar space, and make sure I have a jacket, business cards...even a place to go for Thanksgiving! I was touched that he and his wife were willing to take in a little aviation stray... he didn't know that I'm a Portlander born and raised so my family is here.

We spent the week testing and re-testing the ENG equipment. The KPTV engineers will tweak something, and then Daryl and I head out for a test flight over the valley, and then back to the hangar for more tweakage. Lucky for me, Daryl is very knowledgeable about the area, because I am unfamiliar with the territory west of the West Hills, and even neighborhoods that I am familiar with from the ground look different from the air. He's been a huge help and I'm stoked that I get to work with him! Thanks Daryl!

We'll get all the kinks worked out and pretty soon we'll be the best air news in Portland!